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[MiNT] max. partition size in FreeMint 1.15.x
Hi again,
thank you for replying so fast.
> That's not really true. Under Win2000/XP you can't create a FAT32
> partition greater than 32GB with the Win2000/XP gui tools.
> This is just a limitation in the gui creation tool. If you have
> such a partition or create it with a third-party tool it just work.
Thank you for pointing that out.
> But it's a good limitation. As bigger a FAT32 partition is, as
> slower it is (and it's not linear slower, it's much more worse).
I see. I already recognized that with my setup (max. FAT32 partitions
are 4GB but ext2 partitions of that size are definitely faster).
> Btw. ext2 don't have such a performance problem.
Unfortunately not every program does support ext2 correctly. The main
problem is that ext2 is case sensitive. Although I appreciate that some
(older) programs refuse to work.
> The theoretical limit is around 16TB for FAT32 and ext2.
> Take a look into the limits.txt in the FreeMiNT documentation.
Why is there a difference between MiNT and Windows? I mean, I like to
see that MiNT is capable of doing more (like always) than Windows but
what is the reason?
Hmm, yesterday I had some serious problems accessing Fat32 partitions
that were created with windows but today I will give it another try. I
reformatted the disk but the sector test is still running :-) When it is
finished I will partition the drive with HD-Driver and keep you
informed.
Anyone knows whether there is a limitation of 128GB for hard disks in a
Falcon or not?
That's what the docs says about max. size
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NEWFATFS
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(completly new written FAT filesystemdriver, support FAT/VFAT/FAT32;
TOS, DOS and Windows compatible)
maximum partition size
FAT16 : 2 GB tested: 2 GB
FAT32 : > 16 TB tested: 10 GB
maximum file size : 2 GB tested: 2 GB
block size : 512 byte - 32 kb tested: 512 byte - 32 kb
physical blocksize must be smaller or
equal to logical blocksize : yes
tested with physical blocksize > 512 byte : not yet tested
MinixFS
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(Unix filesystem; Minix compatible)
maximum partition size : 2 GB tested: 2 GB
maximum file size : 2 GB tested: 1 GB
block size : 1 kb tested: 1 kb
physical blocksize must be smaller or
equal to logical blocksize : yes
tested with physical blocksize > 512 byte : not supported
Ext2FS
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(Unix Filesystem; Linux ext2 compatible)
maximum partition size : > 16 TB tested: 10 GB
maximum file size : 2 GB tested: 2 GB
block size : 1, 2, 4 kb tested: 1, 2, 4 kb
physical blocksize must be smaller or
equal to logical blocksize : yes
tested with physical blocksize > 512 byte : not yet tested
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Regards,
Frank