> On Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 12:31 PM Ralf Quint via Freedos-user
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> In which way is "FreeDOS" limited to 2GB sized files? (Sorry, never
>> bothered wit such large files on DOS (any DOS)? The file size entry in
>> the FAT32 directory entry is a 4 byte integer. As a filesize can't be
>> negative, this should be a UINT_32/unsigned long and thus allow for
>> files up to 4GB.
FAT files definitively can't be bigger then 4GB (ignoring FAT+) because the
'file size field' has only 32 bits.
I am *mostly* sure that
file size was limited to 2GB in MSDOS < 6.2
file could grow to 4GB if you indicated 'I am aware of signed/unsigned
problems'
at file creation/opening time
I am *mostly* sure that
FreeDOS just has a 4GB limit.
it's not that complicate to test this - and ascertain or deny this.
as a side note: disks bigger then 1GB just weren't available at MSDOS times.
so this was never a theme.
Tom
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