From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
Message-Id: <10111282013.AA16395@clio.rice.edu>
Subject: Re: df on NT/W2K (was: Re: statfs not ... 7302h and GNU df don't work either)
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 14:13:36 -0600 (CST)
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> > For the C drive the free space is correct, but for most values over
> > 1Gb the values seem "truncated".  The values for y: and z: on free space
> > are just wrong - these are network drives.
> 
> I don't expect anything else on NT and its derivatives: the only
> system call we have there available to us is function 36h of Int 21h,
> which is limited to 2GB by design.

Sure, but I would have expected them to be truncated about 2Gb instead
of a little less than 1Gb ... Just add another item to the "it's not
right but there's no way to fix it pile."