From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: Support for files > 2 GB
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Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:44:04 GMT
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On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 16:56:39 +0200, "Eli Zaretskii"
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

>"Wojciech Galazka" <wojciech DOT galazka AT polkomtel DOT com DOT pl> wrote:
>>
>> >We cannot work around any limitation of file-oriented system calls
>> >provided by DOS or Windows for DOS programs.
>> >
>> Perhaps, by enhancing the filesystem calls interface?
>
>In principle, this is of course possible, but you'd need to provide
>your own driver for each platform (DOS, Windows 9X, Windows NT/2K,
>etc.).

And don't forget that money-hungry Microsoft charges USD$1000+NDA
for the NT filesystem development kit.

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