> Even on a system WITH NTFS I've had problems with some software not > being able to handle 2GB+ files, so the limit is often in more then just > the file system. Wait a minute! Those softwares nothing to do with the underlaying filesystem drivers. The programmers of those just refused to use 64 bit file pointers, so that when you use normal fseek/fread/fwrite etc commands or the Windows API equivalents for these you are not able to address more than the 31bit can do (the 31. bit is the sign bit...). Tamas On 11/9/06, Herbert Graf wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 15:12 +0100, Peter Bindels wrote: > > Hello, > > > > On 07/11/06, Herbert Graf wrote: > > > Win2k/XP will not allow > > > you to create a FAT32 partition bigger then 32GB. There is NO > technical > > > reason for this, it's simply MS shoving NTFS down our throats. The > > > interesting bit is if you create a FAT32 partition bigger then 32GB > with > > > another tool, both 2K and XP will have ZERO problem using it! > > > > There are technical reasons they should strongly disrecommend FAT. But > > Strongly? FAT32 has it's problems, but in the consumer space it's > perfectly fine. The ONLY noticeable problem I can think of is the max > file size limit is "only" 2GB (technically 4GB but most FAT32 routines > are limited to 2GB). The only reason this has become an issue recently > is because of DVD images. For most people it's a non issue since most > tools will automatically by default split big images into <2GB chunks. > > Even on a system WITH NTFS I've had problems with some software not > being able to handle 2GB+ files, so the limit is often in more then just > the file system. > > Some people report alot of stability problems with FAT32, but I've never > had an issue. > > > > Ahh, the beauty of alternate OS's... > > > > The alternate OSes that allow you to choose between dozens of file > > systems without any document on their relative merits might be worse, > > depending on the time and experience you want to expend on it. > > Why? We are talking about the consumer space. It's a space where a file > system choice rarely presents any problems to the user. > > > Windows > > may only have two choices, but that does make the choice pretty > > trivial. Are you talking "alternative" as in "not windows" or as in > > "not with a million-plus user base" ? > > Not windows. In my mind I think mostly MacOS and Linux, both excellent > choices and LIGHT YEARS better then Windows. Other OSs are also good. > > As an aside, I've yet again been tremendously annoyed by Mickeysoft. > Just got the latest update for my Xbox360. It promised "streaming video > support from a WindowsXP machine running WMP11". GREAT, I thought. > > So, I installed WMP11 on my only windows machine in the home, connected > my X360 and everything looked great, pictures worked, music worked. Then > I tried videos. Even though I had about 40 videos in the "library", none > showed up on the X360. Tried a bunch of things. On a hunch, I downloaded > one of the WMV format HDTV demos files from Mickeysoft's website. The > X360 now showed ONE video, that wmv file. It looks like it ONLY supports > WMV files, great if that's what you've got, BAD if you don't have a > SINGLE video in that format (all the videos I have are either MPG from > my camera, or re-encoded as Xvid). Guess I'll stick with my $70 Divx > capable media player. > > I understand Mickeysoft wants to be more like Sony, but this is NOT the > way to go IMHO. They've turned a potentially wonderful feature into a > useless waste of time and space. > > Makes me even happier I didn't actually pay for my X360, because if I > had I would be much more ticked. Just wanted to give a heads up to > others out there. > > Sorry for the rant. TTYL > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- unPIC -- The PIC Disassembler http://unpic.sourceforge.net -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist