Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 06:42:48 -0700 From: garys@opusnet.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Yuri van Overmeeren <Yuri.vanOvermeeren@reston.demon.nl> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what was it ? Message-ID: <6qoe6qa3vr.e6q@mail.opusnet.com> In-Reply-To: <432D53FF.8050906@reston.demon.nl> (Yuri van Overmeeren's message of "Sun, 18 Sep 2005 13:48:15 %2B0200") References: <20050918133429.35e96a73.dick@nagual.st> <432D53FF.8050906@reston.demon.nl>
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Yuri van Overmeeren <Yuri.vanOvermeeren@reston.demon.nl> writes: > Depends on the filesystem you use, FAT16 has a 2GB limit, FAT32 (in theory) supports very large partitions but I think > you could get in trouble at 127GB or 137GB with MS-Dos. Newer MS-Dos (or other doses) support FAT32. Old is relative, huh? I recall the big hurdle for a long time was the BIOS "INT 13" limits of 1024/16/63 C/H/S ~= 504 MB. The minicomputer at work a few years before that had 14" (?) disk packs of several platters each which held either 5 or 10 MB. Then there was my first CP/M PC with 48 or 64k RAM and 50k floppies. And "embedded systems" that fit in 2k RAM.
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