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Date: | Tue, 28 Oct 1997 17:39:53 +1100 |
From: | Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz> |
Subject: | Re: FAT32 file size |
In-reply-to: | <Pine.SUN.3.91.971024124155.12317M-100000@is> |
To: | Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
Message-id: | <199710280436.RAA18650@teleng1.tait.co.nz gatekeeper.tait.co.nz> |
Organization: | Tait Electronics Limited |
MIME-version: | 1.0 |
References: | <199710222215 DOT LAA25461 AT teleng1 DOT tait DOT co DOT nz gatekeeper.tait.co.nz> |
Comments: | Authenticated sender is <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz> |
On 24 Oct 97 at 12:42, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Bill Currie wrote: > > > Does anybody know the details on FAT32 file sizes? > > Where are the extra 32 bits stored? Or are file sises still limited > > to 32 bits (just unsigned rather than signed (ie 4G instead of 2G))? > > I think there's no extra 32 bits. AFAIK, FAT32 doesn't do anything > about the size limitation besides making it unsigned (i.e. 4GB). > The main improvement is that the clusters are smaller. > Thanks, that's what I suspected. Bill -- Leave others their otherness.
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