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Date:	Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:34:16 PDT7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: 32 GB FAT32 (was: large hard drive)

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Ray Davison wrote:
>
> I do tend to keep [my FAT32 partitions] under 50G

Hi Ray,

My neurons are cross-connected again. I thought FAT32 was restricted to
32 GB partitions and I just went back to my docs which say 32 GB is the
limit for FAT32, but you have FAT32 partitions bigger than that. Which
deranged neuron in my cranium is misfiring?

I have several 120 GB drives partitioned into (4) 30 GB FAT32 partitions
and installed in portable Firewire/USB cabinets which I use in various
studios. I have some other docs which say that neither Mac or Win*
FAT32 can be larger than 32 GB, and I know from working in two Mac-based
studios that they can't create a FAT32 partition larger than 32 GB. But
you and others in this thread have larger partitions.

Obviously I need to be sent to a reeducation camp for retraining.
What's the skivvy on FAT32 partition size limits and cross-platform
compatibility?

(Lurkers: the "32" in the FAT32 name and the "32" in the 32 GB size
limitation are simply coincidence. Note that FAT16 is restricted to 2
GB partitions -- the number in the name has something to do with the
number of bits in an internal formatting table, not the maximum size of
a partition.)

- Peter

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