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
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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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
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