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zoo files extraction (Users)

posted by fritz.mueller , Munich, Germany, 27.01.2024, 19:10

> Hi! Turns out that zooext.c, msdos.c and dosfns.h work with a signed 16-bit
> cluster size. This overflows when clusters are 32 kB or larger, making ZOO
> believe that your disk is full :-p
>
> Question: Are you aware of any OTHER apps with the same bug? After all,
> HIMEM even has a command line option to limit reported XMS to less than 32
> MB because multiple apps have a similar overflow in their XMS handling :-p

Thanks for response. The last version of the program is from 1991, I assume that there will be no updates in the near future, so I will add a comment in FD help that it may cause problems on newer systems.

At the moment I do not remember OTHER apps with the same bug, but there are still a lot of programs that support FAT16 only and should be improved for FAT32 usage, e.g. chkdsk and scandisk (scandisk has only restricted FAT32 support).

Complete thread:

• zoo files extraction - fritz.mueller, 26.01.2024, 17:17 (Users)
  • zoo files extraction - RayeR, 26.01.2024, 17:21
    • zoo files extraction - Ringding, 26.01.2024, 17:38
      • zoo files extraction - mceric, 26.01.2024, 21:19
  • zoo files extraction - jadoxa, 27.01.2024, 03:55
    • zoo files extraction - mceric, 27.01.2024, 12:01
      • zoo files extraction - fritz.mueller, 27.01.2024, 19:10
        • zoo files extraction - Rugxulo, 27.01.2024, 21:42
          • zoo files extraction - Rugxulo, 28.01.2024, 15:34
        • zoo cluster size overflow vs chkdsk or scandisk for fat32 - mceric, 27.01.2024, 21:48
          • zoo cluster size overflow vs chkdsk or scandisk for fat32 - Ringding, 28.01.2024, 20:13
            • zoo cluster size overflow vs chkdsk or scandisk for fat32 - Rugxulo, 28.01.2024, 22:53
            • zoo cluster size overflow vs chkdsk or scandisk for fat32 - RayeR, 29.01.2024, 06:29
              • zoo cluster size overflow vs chkdsk or scandisk for fat32 - rr, 29.01.2024, 08:45
              • zoo cluster size overflow vs chkdsk or scandisk for fat32 - Ringding, 29.01.2024, 09:03
                • zoo cluster size overflow vs chkdsk or scandisk for fat32 - RayeR, 29.01.2024, 13:45
                  • zoo cluster size overflow vs chkdsk or scandisk for fat32 - fritz.mueller, 29.01.2024, 18:52
                • zoo cluster size overflow vs chkdsk or scandisk for fat32 - Rugxulo, 29.01.2024, 21:02
          • zoo cluster size overflow vs chkdsk or scandisk for fat32 - rr, 29.01.2024, 08:55
            • zoo cluster size overflow vs chkdsk or scandisk for fat32 - roytam, 29.01.2024, 10:06
              • zoo cluster size overflow vs chkdsk or scandisk for fat32 - rr, 29.01.2024, 19:07
      • zoo files extraction - RayeR, 28.01.2024, 15:05
        • zoo files extraction - Ringding, 28.01.2024, 20:22
          • zoo files extraction - fritz.mueller, 28.01.2024, 22:21