Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 17:10:00 +0200 (IST)
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On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Martin Stromberg wrote:

> Hmm, perhaps somebody could try creating file bigger than 2^32 on a
> NTFS file system.

Who says NTFS supports files larger than 2^32 natively?  Does it?

> I guess you can't through DOZE/DJGPP.

Most definitelyly.  The DOS calls simply don't have enough bits in the 
registers to pass larger offsets.