[opensuse] FAT32 max size - 5 GB OK?
I am upgrading my workstation from SuSE 10.0 to 10.2, and while being at it I am considering changing the disk partitioning. It's a dual boot machine (Linux and WindowsXP) and I would like a rather large FAT32 for exchanging files between Linux and Windows. How large can a FAT32 partition be? Is 5 GB possible? Janus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:21:24 +0100 Janus <lister@janus.dk> wrote:
How large can a FAT32 partition be? Is 5 GB possible?
not sure about the maximum, but I've got a 80 GB drive partitioned into two drives. One of those partitions is 69 GB and the other 10 GB. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Janus <lister@janus.dk> wrote: How large can a FAT32 partition be? Is 5 GB possible?
http://www.google.com/search?q=fat32+max+partition+size First Link= http://www.mcmcse.com/windows_xp/guides/filesystems.shtml -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Wade Jones wrote:
Janus <lister@janus.dk> wrote: How large can a FAT32 partition be? Is 5 GB possible?
http://www.google.com/search?q=fat32+max+partition+size First Link= http://www.mcmcse.com/windows_xp/guides/filesystems.shtml
Yes, but the maximum single file size on a FAT32 partition is 4 GB, regardless of the size of the partition. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 10 February 2007 08:34, Steve Jeppesen wrote:
On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:21:24 +0100
Janus <lister@janus.dk> wrote:
How large can a FAT32 partition be? Is 5 GB possible?
not sure about the maximum, but I've got a 80 GB drive partitioned into two drives. One of those partitions is 69 GB and the other 10 GB.
This might be an answer: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q184006 -- Regards, Rajko. http://en.opensuse.org/Portal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 2/10/07, Janus <lister@janus.dk> wrote:
I am upgrading my workstation from SuSE 10.0 to 10.2, and while being at it I am considering changing the disk partitioning. It's a dual boot machine (Linux and WindowsXP) and I would like a rather large FAT32 for exchanging files between Linux and Windows.
How large can a FAT32 partition be? Is 5 GB possible?
Janus
Someone else posted to a link saying 8TB, but under MS, the max. the format tool will try is 32GB. Since your running linux, that just means you need to format it under Linux, then Windows will see it fine. I have personally done a 500GB Fat32 partition this way and had only one problem. At some point the Fat32 chkdsk function from Linux falls apart. I don't remember how I resolved it. I may have been forced to chkdsk it from windows. Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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