--- On Fri, 9/11/09, nyder <nyder...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Since he's running 7.x (could be 7.5, not sure off hand), I
> have to
> use HFS. The OP said to use fat16 format
> for that. Isn't 36gb a bit
> much for a fat16 format? Not sure if
> there's a size limit or not.
2 gig for FAT16 under Windows Me and older. 2000 and XP can create 4 gig FAT16
partitions but the maximum single file size is still 2 gig.
AFAIK, System/Mac OS 7.5.x limits HFS to a maximum volume size of 2 gig while
7.6.x and up will allow larger volumes. Theoretical maximum for HFS is two
terabytes according to some sources but that'd be ridiculously impractical
since HFS (and FAT16) are limited to 64K allocation blocks and amaximum 2 gig
file size.
Sooo, to use that 36 gig "monster" with 7.5.x you'll have to carve it into
several 2 gig volumes... but wait, did you say he was using a 4 gig drive on it
now? I wonder if a System which can only *create* volumes up to 2 gig can *use*
4 gig volumes made with a later System version?
I've been searching but so far no luck finding a simple list of *exactly* what
the volume size limits are for each version of the System and Mac OS are for
HFS.
Found out that Apple has made HFS a read only file system with OS X 10.6. It
can read from but cannot write to or create HFS volumes. Apple really wants to
force people to stop using floppy disks! ;) I wonder if that'll cause problems
with classic Macintosh emulators? (Everyone take a floppy disk to throw onstage
in protest at the WWDC!)
I also found lots of people confusing FAT16 and FAT32 limits, claiming that
FAT32 had a maximum partition or file size of 2 gig.
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