Re: [ql-users] Size for QXL.win Files

2005-07-15 Thread P Witte
Nasta writes: If you want to be absolutely sure, 1G QXL.WIN, with 32k allocation block size is the way to go, it avoids all the possible pitfalls... Actually a 1G QXL.WIN drive (cant we find a better name for QXL.WIN files? How about just Win files?) has an allocation block size of 16k; 2G has

Re: [ql-users] Size for QXL.win Files

2005-07-14 Thread ZN
On 08/07/05 at 11:23 P Witte wrote: John Gilpin writes: 4Gb per QXL.win file... I only get 2GB with QPC2: FORMAT win8_4000 fails while win8_2000 doesnt. Even then the file allocation block is a massive 32k. It seems to me that 4GB must be the theoretical limit for the current mapping scheme.

Re: [ql-users] Size for QXL.win Files

2005-07-14 Thread John Gilpin
- Original Message - From: ZN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Size for QXL.win Files On 08/07/05 at 11:23 P Witte wrote: John Gilpin writes: 4Gb per QXL.win file... I only get 2GB with QPC2: FORMAT win8_4000

Re: [ql-users] Size for QXL.win Files

2005-07-08 Thread P Witte
John Gilpin writes: 4Gb per QXL.win file is more than enough for me! I just didn't want to set it all up then find I had overstepped the mark. (I will probably set up three or four 1Gb files and see how it goes. - my BIG Hard drive is about 80Gb in total ). I only get 2GB with QPC2: FORMAT

[ql-users] Size for QXL.win Files

2005-07-07 Thread John Gilpin
Having installed a large Hard Drive on my PeeCee (on which I run QPC2) I would like to dedicate some storage space for QL files. I understand that the way to do this is to generate one or more QXL.win type files to act as Winchester devices. Is there a maximum size for a QXL.win file running on

Re: [ql-users] Size for QXL.win Files

2005-07-07 Thread Marcel Kilgus
John Gilpin wrote: Is there a maximum size for a QXL.win file running on QPC2 and if so, what is the maximum size allowed? Actually, I don't know what the maximum size is. I do know that QPC's access routines are currently limited to 4GB per QXL.WIN file, however. It would probably be fairly

Re: [ql-users] Size for QXL.win Files

2005-07-07 Thread John Gilpin
. - Original Message - From: Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 10:33 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Size for QXL.win Files John Gilpin wrote: Is there a maximum size for a QXL.win file running on QPC2 and if so, what is the maximum size allowed

Re: [ql-users] Size for QXL.win Files

2005-07-07 Thread Roy wood
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Gilpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Having installed a large Hard Drive on my PeeCee (on which I run QPC2) I would like to dedicate some storage space for QL files. I understand that the way to do this is to generate one or more QXL.win type files to act as

Re: [ql-users] Size for QXL.win Files

2005-07-07 Thread Φοίβος Ρ. Ντόκος
Την Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:33:36 -0400,ο(η) Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] έγραψε: John Gilpin wrote: Is there a maximum size for a QXL.win file running on QPC2 and if so, what is the maximum size allowed? Actually, I don't know what the maximum size is. I do know that QPC's access routines