Hello, I was trying to find out the current status of support for large MS-DOS disks (well, filesystems, perhaps) in -stable (and 5.3). I checked mount_msdosfs(8), msdosfs(5), fsck_msdosfs(8), newfs_msdos(8), the Handbook and the FAQ. Nowhere could I find any statement as to what size disk / filesystem is supported. From some Google searches, it seems like the limit used to be (and perhaps still is?) 128GB. Is this still true, or will 5.3 and later support larger msdosfs file systems? The reason I ask is of course interopability of external hard drives with other operating system (like Windows). Personally, I wish the world would adopt a portable and free standard for filesystems to be used on external drives. one that would support large disks for at least ten years from now. Oh well, a man can dream. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:>Hello, > >I was trying to find out the current status of support for large MS-DOS >disks (well, filesystems, perhaps) in -stable (and 5.3). >I checked mount_msdosfs(8), msdosfs(5), fsck_msdosfs(8), newfs_msdos(8), >the Handbook and the FAQ. Nowhere could I find any statement as to what >size disk / filesystem is supported. From some Google searches, it seems >like the limit used to be (and perhaps still is?) 128GB. > >Is this still true, or will 5.3 and later support larger msdosfs file >systems? > >It support those, you just have to include options MSDOSFS_LARGE in you kernel config file. At least it works for me on 184GB fat32 partition.>The reason I ask is of course interopability of external hard drives >with other operating system (like Windows). >Personally, I wish the world would adopt a portable and free standard >for filesystems to be used on external drives. one that would support >large disks for at least ten years from now. > >Oh well, a man can dream. > >