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echo: fidosoft.husky
to: MICHAEL DUKELSKY
from: KAI RICHTER
date: 2020-07-02 04:26:00
subject: How to increase size limi

Hello Michael!

01 Jul 20, Michael Dukelsky wrote to Max Vasilyev:

 RS>>>> I find that my some ECHO file size stop on 2048 MB...
 MD>>> If the file is on FAT32, copy it to some better file system.

Beep. FAT32 file size limit is ~4096 MB. 2GB is FAT16.

 MV>> It is INT_MAX (signed dword) limitation - hardcoded thing for the
 MV>> fidonet.

 MD> Fidonet is not a code or a msgbase specification.

Beep. Beep! Beeeep!! Well, the PKT format is no msgbase, but Fidonet is code
that is defined in the Fidonet Technology Standard. ;)

I failed to remember when squish was invented (and i'm to lazy to look for) but
FAT32 was late in 1996. I think the limit is to keep compatiblilty to 16-bit
platforms.

Regards

Kai

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