Amanda-Users

Re: question about external drives

2006-03-02 10:29:37
Subject: Re: question about external drives
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert AT linux-m68k DOT org>
To: Ian Turner <ian AT zmanda DOT com>
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 16:26:10 +0100 (CET)
On Thu, 2 Mar 2006, Ian Turner wrote:
> On Thursday 02 March 2006 04:43, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Isn't there a file size limit with FAT32, which may bite when using it as a
> > holding disk or for virtual tapes?
> 
> NT refuses to create a FAT32 volume above a certain size -- my memory says 
> 32GB. But if you use other tools to create the filesystem, every windows will 
> read it back to 95SP3.
> 
> IIRC FAT32 itself goes up to a few terabytes in max size.

I meant individual file size, not file system size.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                                                Geert

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