Joe Farruggio wrote:

>funny but i have two 20 GB FAt32 partitions that work fine
>
>Mike O'Connor wrote:
>  
>
>>Ed Durrant wrote:
>>
>> >Win9x only supports FAT and FAT32. Maximum partition size is 2
GB for FAT
>> >and 4GB for FAT32.
>> >
>>See below
>>
>> >NTFS only works with WinNT/2000/XP.
>> >OS/2 can read & write to FAT partitions and with an add-on
IFS to FAT32.
>> >If you bought eCS you also get an IFS that allows reading (only) of NTFS
>> >partitions.
>> >
>> >Cheers/2
>> >Ed.
>> >
>> >Ray Davison wrote:
>> >
>> >>What file type will produce the largest partition that can
be used by
>> >>W98SE?  ( NTFS? )
>> >>
>> >>What is max size?
>> >>Will OS/2 be able to read/write to it?
>> >>
>> >>TY
>> >>Ray
>> >>   
>> >>
>>
>>Hi Ed, Ray,
>>
>>Even on OS/2, the FAT32.IFS limit [initially and until recently] was
>>32GB, and now with latest edition significantly larger. WIN98 can handle
>>FAT32 partitions extending to whole [large] disks, even though W2K/XP
>>apparently won't create partitions larger than 32GB, probably to
>>encourage use of NTFS.
>>
>>-- 
>>Regards,
>>Mike
>>

Hi Joe,
Not surprised - as I said original FAT32.IFS catered for *partition* 
sizes up to 32GB, it's more with latest edition.
Apparently 4GB limitation is with maximum *file* sizes.  Do you have any 
*files*>4GB on those 20GB partitions?

-- 
Regards,
Mike

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