Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 12:42:15 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: FAT32 file size
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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.