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exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files) (Developers)

posted by ecm  , Düsseldorf, Germany, 15.03.2009, 20:36

> EDIT: P.P.S. Eric Auer claims that FreeDOS has now been fixed to support 4
> GB files. (DOS386, tested it yet?)

No it isn't. SVN still reports the last change to kernel was made 9 months ago. (Well he said to me that the signed values in SFTs and error reporting by using the sign bit of actual values [C-ism] caused it not to support larger files so he could probably have fixed it by now.)

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Complete thread:

• GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 03:40 (Developers)
  • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Steve, 21.12.2007, 05:38
  • The Death Of FAT32+ - Japheth, 21.12.2007, 07:24
    • --- DEATH --- - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 22:13
      • --- DEATH --- - sol, 21.12.2007, 22:30
        • --- DEATH --- - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 22:46
          • --- DEATH --- - Steve, 21.12.2007, 23:22
      • Rest in Peace, Fat32+! No Resurrection possible! - Japheth, 21.12.2007, 23:12
        • -- DEATH -- (anyone has a solution for >4GiB files in DOS ?) - DOS386, 21.12.2007, 23:46
          • First get all facts! - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 00:15
            • --- DEATH --- - DOS386, 22.12.2007, 00:24
              • --- DEATH --- - sol, 22.12.2007, 05:17
                • --- DEATH --- - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 09:45
                  • --- DEATH --- - Steve, 22.12.2007, 10:08
                    • DOS API extension for files > 4 GB - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 10:28
                  • --- DEATH --- - sol, 23.12.2007, 23:29
                    • --- DEATH --- - Matjaz, 24.12.2007, 10:03
                    • DOS File System efforts - Japheth, 24.12.2007, 17:06
                      • DOS File System efforts - Rugxulo, 24.12.2007, 19:53
                        • DOS File System efforts - sol, 25.12.2007, 02:17
                        • DOS File System efforts - Japheth, 25.12.2007, 09:10
                          • DOS File System efforts - Rugxulo, 26.12.2007, 21:34
                • HPFS for DOS - Rugxulo, 09.09.2008, 22:48
              • --- DEATH --- - Japheth, 22.12.2007, 08:57
    • 1 a later, DOS fs enh committee, please report what you got - DOS386, 29.12.2008, 02:41
      • Just noise? - Japheth, 29.12.2008, 08:07
        • NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - DOS386, 30.12.2008, 23:06
          • NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - Japheth, 31.12.2008, 11:46
            • NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - sol, 02.01.2009, 01:59
          • NOISE-FS outperforms them all !!! - Rugxulo, 02.01.2009, 04:25
      • better DOS file system? - Rugxulo, 29.12.2008, 23:16
        • better DOS file system? - ecm, 30.12.2008, 21:48
      • 1 a later, DOS fs enh committee, please report what you got - Steve, 02.01.2009, 07:01
  • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Laaca, 11.01.2009, 14:14
    • exFAT - ecm, 11.01.2009, 17:30
    • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 12.01.2009, 19:25
      • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - sol, 15.01.2009, 05:26
        • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 15.01.2009, 06:13
          • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - sol, 15.01.2009, 06:24
            • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 16.01.2009, 01:49
              • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - sol, 16.01.2009, 07:03
                • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Rugxulo, 18.01.2009, 00:14
                  • 4desasters 4u, DOSsers - DOS386, 24.01.2009, 09:42
                    • FAT+/FAT/patents - ecm, 24.01.2009, 13:59
                    • 4desasters 4u, DOSsers - Japheth, 24.01.2009, 21:01
                  • GetFileSizeEx / Read&Write performance / Wiping - Laaca, 14.02.2009, 13:59
                    • exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Rugxulo, 19.02.2009, 02:41
                      • exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Japheth, 20.02.2009, 09:07
                        • exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Laaca, 20.02.2009, 20:16
                          • exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Zyzzle, 21.02.2009, 01:56
                            • exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - sol, 21.02.2009, 05:32
                              • exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Rugxulo, 21.02.2009, 05:40
                              • exFAT supported in XP (SP2, SP3) - Laaca, 21.02.2009, 15:57
                                • exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files) - Rugxulo, 15.03.2009, 15:55
                                  • exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files) - ecm, 15.03.2009, 20:36
                                    • exFAT in FreeDOS unlikely (but FD fixed 4 GB files) - Rugxulo, 17.03.2009, 00:28
                                      • exFAT specification - tom, 17.03.2009, 19:31
                                        • exFAT specification - Laaca, 21.03.2010, 15:42
                                          • former-FAT - DOS386, 22.03.2010, 08:15