Ray davison wrote:
> I have a 500G IDE.  I think HPFS has been limited to maybe 50-64G in my 
> past attempts.  So I tried FAT32.  I did a single partition, 5x100, 
> 10x50 and settled on 3 about equal.  They all seemed to read and write OK.
> 
> It is in my storage box which is running W4.  I copied a bunch of JPG 
> and video files over the P-P and all seemed OK.  I then tried to copy 
> the video files to another of the three partitions.  Some of the files 
> are over 1G.  I get transfer rates of 1M BPS, and any of several file 
> managers is likely to freeze or close if I select more than one file at 
> a time.

GUI?  Perhaps they're searching for an icon to display, and choking on 
the size?

> All my HDDs are front panel plug in.  I plugged it into my primary 
> machine and booted W2K to see if maybe it's FAT32 was any better.  It 
> does not see any of the drive.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/prork/prdf_fls_pxjh.mspx?mfr=true

Volume size for FAT32 under Win2000 is 32GB, though Win98 can make 
drives of up to 127.53GB, according to what I read there.

Table 17.4:

"Maximum volume size - 32 GB (This is due to the Windows 2000 Format 
tool. The maximum volume size that Windows 98 can create is 127.53 GB)."

> Is all this to be expected?

500/3 = 166GB, by my math, so yes, I'd say you're banging your head on a 
ceiling.

I'm assuming you're using the FAT32 driver under eCS or OS/2?  It might 
not be checking for out-of-bounds sizes like 166GB, and trying anyway - 
the cluster math might be wrapping, or just going off into space - thus, 
the lockups and hangs.

Try a partition size of 100GB, or use a native file system instead of an 
add-on.  FAT is fully-tested, but limited to 2GB, I think.  A wee bit 
tight, but you can be assured it will work.

Hope this helps.

Doesn't _everyone_ have a drive letter set that's well past R:? :)

-Derek


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