From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264879AbTLFAG0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 19:06:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264881AbTLFAG0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 19:06:26 -0500 Received: from ns.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:45763 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264879AbTLFAGY (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 19:06:24 -0500 To: mru@kth.se (=?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?=) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Large-FAT32-Filesystem Bug References: <3FD0555F.5060608@gmx.de> <20031205160746.GA18568@codepoet.org> <3FD0C64D.5050804@gmx.de> <20031205221051.GA3244@codepoet.org> <20031205224529.GS29119@mis-mike-wstn.matchmail.com> From: Andreas Schwab X-Yow: I have seen these EGG EXTENDERS in my Supermarket.. .. I have read the INSTRUCTIONS... Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 01:04:03 +0100 In-Reply-To: ( =?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd's_message_of?= "Sat, 06 Dec 2003 00:26:22 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org mru@kth.se (Måns Rullgård) writes: > Mike Fedyk writes: > >>> No problem. I put this patch together quite a while ago for >>> my own use and never got around to sending it in. It removes >>> a number of artificial fat32 limits, and allows files up to 4GB, >> >> Why only 4gb? > > That's what the 32 in fat32 means. No, it doesn't. It's about the number of bits in a cluster number, thus the size of the filesystem. And that 32 is actually 28. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux AG, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."