>> The alleged 4 GB file size doesn't work on some OSes (FreeDOS, Windows
>> NT?), only on old Win9x. So you're only guaranteed 2 GB individual
>> file sizes, universally.
> Wrong. You can use files of up to 4GB size on any Windows version that
> supports FAT32. So does any reasonable version
> Newer version of Windows seem to have problems with accessing
> drives/partitions over 32GB as well.
I would be seriously surprised. Windows refuses to *format* drives above 32GB
as FAT32, but simply
works with it up to maximum capacity of (2^32 * sectorsize) which is usually
2TB.
On 7/23/2023 1:50 PM, Rugxulo via Freedos-user wrote:
The alleged 4 GB file size doesn't work on some OSes (FreeDOS, Windows
NT?), only on old Win9x. So you're only guaranteed 2 GB individual
file sizes, universally.
Wrong. You can use files of up to 4GB size on any Windows version that
I've decided that it's probably easier to just boot from the usb stick, and
then I can use the hard drive for something else.
On Sun, 23 Jul 2023, 21:53 Rugxulo via Freedos-user, <
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 2:44 AM John Vella via Freedos-user
>
Hi,
On Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 2:44 AM John Vella via Freedos-user
wrote:
>
> Thanks for the quick reply, Ralf. I have a work around, which did the trick.
> I just created four partitions, each less than 32gb on the stick, and freedos
> is happy with that.
Assuming your FreeDOS kernel has FAT32
Thanks for the quick reply, Ralf. I have a work around, which did the
trick. I just created four partitions, each less than 32gb on the stick,
and freedos is happy with that.
Now all I have to do is decide if I'm sticking with Microsoft Works, or if
I'll go back to Wordperfect 5.1 and my
On 7/21/2023 2:01 PM, John Vella via Freedos-user wrote:
Hi,
I installed freedos on my IBM Thinkpad T43 and I installed a usb
driver, which works. Sort of.
I can access a 2gb usb stick, which is formatted to FAT32, and that's
great, but I want to use a different stick.
This is where the
