On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Paul de Weerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 09:51:38PM +0200, Alexey Suslikov wrote: > | Paul de Weerd wrote: > | > | > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 12:01:40PM -0700, Chris Kuethe wrote: > | > | On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Matthew Weigel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > | > | > Actually, (2^32)-1, or 4GB, is the max size per file > | > | > (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463). I can see that being a > problem if > | > | > you're trying to run a database off of your thumb drive, but > otherwise... can > | > | > you give examples of files that you (or anyone you know) would like > to access > | > | > in Windows and OpenBSD that exceed this limit? > | > | > | > | dvd images are often >4.2G > | > > | > I agree with Chris here .. the only time I've wanted to transport > | > large files between windows and basically !windows (macosx, linux and > | > *bsd) they were ISO's of either regular CD's (works) or DVD's (doesn't > | > fit in fat32). > | > > | > Happened to me on a couple of occassions that I wanted to do this and > | > had to resort to network transfers (non-optimal in those > | > circumstances). > | > | Come on guys. > | > | I believe OpenBSD can do read/write on ext2. No? > | > | And there is the http://www.fs-driver.org/ - also free > | and do read/write on ext2 for Windows. > > True, but it's an external add-on that you may not always be able to > install on the windows machine (which in my case usually isn't mine). > OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, Mac OSX .. they all have 'native' > support for FAT32.
Nope. Create a small FAT32 partition on this drive and put a driver on it. How small, it is your choice. It can be 32Gb (a recommended maximum for FAT32) on these modern 1TB USB drives. I believe if you google enough you'll find an Ext2 driver for MacOS. Alexey
