On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:21 PM, dermiste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Alexey Suslikov > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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. > > And ? you'll still have to install the driver. This solves nothing. > The only remaining solution involves a userland app that r/w ext2 as > an archiver r/w an archive ... how convenient.
So write an user-land app if you need to. If you don't like Ext2 way just don't go. It is just an option for people stuck with interoperability problem. Sure it has its own drawbacks but it does what you initially want - bidirectional access. Alexey
