On Thursday 15 August 2002 01:58 pm, Thierry Vignaud wrote:
> Gary Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 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.
>
> fat8? this never existed!
> there was fat12 for floppies, then fat16 when ms eventually undertood
> that hard disks were usefull, then fat32 when they understood that 2gb
> disks were small, then 8Gb since they bug their first fat32
> implementation, ...
>
> so here's the data:
>
> fs | max fs size
> ------+---------------------------------------------
> fat12 | 2Mo (512*2^12)/1024^2 [fat for floopies]
> fat16 | 32 Mo (512*2^16)/1024 <== up to dos v3.x
> fat16 | 2Go (2^16)^2 (with clusters ranging
>
> | from 512b to 64kb aka 1 to 128 sectors)
>
> fat32 | 8go (bug!) <====== win98
> fat32 | more than 8Go <====== win98 sp2
>
> this is the maximum fs size; the maximum file size is either this size
> or smaller.
>
> so the old fat16 cannot have files greater than 2go, the original
> fat32 (win 95 and win98 (not service pack2)) don't support fs greater
> than 8Gb
>
> so we can expect all ms "os" since msdos 3.x (3.3 ?) to support 2Gb
> files.
My goof on the fat8 vs. fat12 on MS os'.
Actually fat 8 DID exsist in the form of old Novell dos. Anyway, the file size
limits I listed are correct. They were gleened from the Windows NT 4.0
Workstation Resource guide.
--
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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