Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 12:54:13 +0200 (CEST) From: Julian Stacey <jhs@berklix.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: rnordier@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/112935: doc a 4.3g limit on files within FS created by newfs_msdos Message-ID: <200705241054.l4OAsDFc010104@laps.jhs.private> Resent-Message-ID: <200705241120.l4OBK4Zc053847@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 112935 >Category: bin >Synopsis: doc a 4.3g limit on files within FS created by newfs_msdos >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu May 24 11:20:03 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Julian Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> >Release: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE i386 >Organization: http://berklix.com >Environment: System: FreeBSD laps.jhs.private 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Sun Apr 1 16:50:14 CEST 2007 jhs@laps.jhs.private:/usr1/6.2-RELEASE/src/sys/i386/compile/LAPS.small i386 >Description: >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Apply patch http://berklix.com/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/src/gen/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8.diff Copied here too: *** 6.2-RELEASE/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 Sun Feb 13 23:25:16 2005 --- new-generic/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8 Thu May 24 11:57:52 2007 *************** *** 162,167 **** --- 162,176 ---- u_int16_t bkbs; /* [-k] backup boot sector */ }; .Ed + .Sh LIMITATION + Maximum file size within file system is about 4.3G, even if file system + is eg 5 to 10 Gig. (Thus one cannot store a 4.7 Gig DVD .iso). + .Bd -literal + 4,294,963,200 on fdisk type 6 slice created & written by FreeBSD, + 4,294,963,712 on fdisk type 12 slice created & written by FreeBSD, + This is an (MS architectural?) limitation, not a BSD bug, as: + 4,294,959,616 on fdisk type 12 created by Win-XP, written by FreeBSD. + .Ed .Sh EXIT STATUS Exit status is 0 on success and 1 on error. .Sh EXAMPLES >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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