Date:	Mon, 3 Jul 2000 17:06:45 +0200 (MET DST)
Message-Id:	<3.0.16.19900703110646.33f75d50@hem.passagen.se>
X-Sender:	bernie AT hem DOT passagen DOT se
X-Mailer:	Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 Demo (16)
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
From:	Bernie <bernie AT hem DOT passagen DOT se>
Subject:	Re: Of large disks (Was Re: Fw: PTS-DOS)
Mime-Version:	1.0
Reply-To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com

Arkady wrote:
>     FAT16 limit is an 2G (really 4G, but MS restricts cluster size by 32K
>instead of 64K).

On one partition yes. Jikes, 64K clusters - no wonder they restricted it to
32K, 512MB partitions are perfect IMHO.

> > Or have I completly missunderstood this?
>
>     Yes. FAT limited in size (FAT16 - 2G, FAT32 much more), but not in
>position, which can be higher 8G.

Oh, how come only Windows95 can use that area then? I would assume that
other DOSes would be much more interesting if they could handle it (I would
change).

- Raw text -