On Thursday 15 August 2002 11:22 am, Pixel wrote:
> Igor Izyumin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Thursday 15 August 2002 09:25 am, Pixel wrote:
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > > - When formatting a loopback filesystem greater than 2GB in size on a
> > > > vfat partition, DrakX crashes every time. This problem existed in
> > > > 8.2 as well -- it would be nice to prohibit this if vfat can't
> > > > handle it.
> > >
> > > crashes? any error message? i guess i'll have to test...
> >
> > Does vfat even support files >2GB? I thought you had to upgrade to NTFS
> > to get large file support in Winblows.
>
> if someone can confirm, i'll add a check in diskdrake for this case.
I can confirm this for the FAT not VFAT. FAT8 topped at 256Mb file size w/ a
512 Mb partition limit, FAT16 at 2Gb file size w/ a 2Gb partition limit,
FAT32 at 4Gb file size w/ a 2Tb partition limit, and NTFS at 2Tb w/ a
partition limit of 30Tb.
--
Gary
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--changing the code of the Virtual Human Brain FS Driver...
Mounting /dev/brain0 is still causing problems...
Here's the error:
#mounting local filesystems........................................[ OK ]
#Virtual Human Brain Driver v0.0.5 (EXPERIMENTAL) R/W fs module
#Virtual Nerve Node Driver v0.4.1 (EXPERIMENTAL) R/W FS module
#Insmod Adaptive Technology Device module..........................[ OK ]
#Writing Sync state to Journalled VHBFS............................[ OK ]
Kernel Sys Oops...... Flushing registers...... Back-trace follows......
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