On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 17:44 -0700, Jack wrote: > Third, although a 48-bit disk logical-block address (LBA) could be > specified, DOS systems have not-yet gone beyond using more than 32 > bits of "block count" (i.e. sectors) in a disk directory, limiting > DOS files (and disks!) to 2-TB maximum. More than that will also > require MAJOR changes to the DOS kernel, and I believe this "Ain't > gonna happen, neither"! DOS systems, excepting FreeDOS and maybe > EDR-DOS, are NOT under current maintenance, and any kernel changes > to most DOS variants are now only a "dream"!
There's ExFAT, you might like to take a look at that. Supposedly has 64 bit structures designed specifically for very large file systems. -- Tactical Nuclear Kittens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
