msdosfs - support for large disks?

[Saulius Menkevicius]

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?
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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.
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