Maximum partition size of Fat32 is 128GB.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Redeeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gentoo Maillinglist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] too large vfat > i have a 130gb fat32 filesystem, it wont get any bigger, why? > :) > > On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 12:18, Ben Anderson wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to create a vfat fs larger than 8G. I've read that I can't do > > this. However, I just did it a few months ago on a different partition. I > > don't remember having this problem at that time. Plus Windows does it, > > right? Here's my output: > > > > gentoo root # mkfs -t vfat /dev/hda3 > > mkfs.vfat 2.8 (28 Feb 2001) > > mkfs.vfat: Attempting to create a too large file system > > > > from fdisk: > > /dev/hda3 69 2501 19543072+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) > > > > any thoughts? > > Thanks, > > Ben > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Groove on the latest from the hot new rock groups! Get downloads, videos, > > and more here. http://special.msn.com/entertainment/wiredformusic.armx > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- > Regards, Redeeman > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > /\ - against microsoft attachments > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
