[TriLUG] Ot: File Transfer

[Ian Meyer]

Precisely. Any file system* that uses 32-bit addressing is limited to  
4 gb files. If the fs uses 64-bit addressing, however, it gets to the  
some-insanely-huge-value-of-n petabytes I think.

~ian

*at least that's my understanding of things...

On Jun 16, 2005, at 11:03 PM, Jason Faulkner wrote:

>
> Files have a 4gb limit. Not drives.

>> FAT32 Features
>> FAT32 provides the following enhancements over previous  
>> implementations of
>> the FAT file system: . FAT32 supports drives up to 2 terabytes in  
>> size.
>>

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