How to overcome FAT32 file size limitation ?

[s***@gmail.com]

hi all,
i m trying to solve the file size limitation on FAT32. that can not
permit me to write file more than 4GB . i m trying to solve this .
i want one c++ file that dump the dummy data on txt file and that
should exceed the 4GB limit?
any body have idea about how to do this?

[Ron Badour]

I don't believe there is a work around on that limitation.
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Post by s***@gmail.com
hi all,
i m trying to solve the file size limitation on FAT32. that can not
permit me to write file more than 4GB . i m trying to solve this .
i want one c++ file that dump the dummy data on txt file and that
should exceed the 4GB limit?
any body have idea about how to do this?

[Tim Slattery]

Post by s***@gmail.com
hi all,
i m trying to solve the file size limitation on FAT32. that can not
permit me to write file more than 4GB . i m trying to solve this .
i want one c++ file that dump the dummy data on txt file and that
should exceed the 4GB limit?
any body have idea about how to do this?

It can't be done. Maybe you can write multiple smaller files. If you
want a single file that's larger than 4GB, you'll have to use the NTFS
file system. No workaround.

[s***@gmail.com]

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by s***@gmail.com
hi all,
i m trying to solve the file size limitation on FAT32. that can not
permit me to write file more than 4GB . i m trying to solve this .
i want one c++ file that dump the dummy data on txt file and that
should exceed the 4GB limit?
any body have idea about how to do this?

It can't be done. Maybe you can write multiple smaller files. If you
want a single file that's larger than 4GB, you'll have to use the NTFS
file system. No workaround.
--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)

hi thanx for reply,
MySql had already solve this proble , mysql DB can grow up to
Terabytes in FAT32 too.
so there is a way too.
Thanx in advance

[Tim Slattery]

Post by s***@gmail.com

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by s***@gmail.com
hi all,
i m trying to solve the file size limitation on FAT32. that can not
permit me to write file more than 4GB . i m trying to solve this .
i want one c++ file that dump the dummy data on txt file and that
should exceed the 4GB limit?
any body have idea about how to do this?

It can't be done. Maybe you can write multiple smaller files. If you
want a single file that's larger than 4GB, you'll have to use the NTFS
file system. No workaround.
--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)

hi thanx for reply,
MySql had already solve this proble , mysql DB can grow up to
Terabytes in FAT32 too.
so there is a way too.

They must use multiple smaller files to store all that data. There is
no way around the limit.

[s***@gmail.com]

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by s***@gmail.com

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by s***@gmail.com
hi all,
i m trying to solve the file size limitation on FAT32. that can not
permit me to write file more than 4GB . i m trying to solve this .
i want one c++ file that dump the dummy data on txt file and that
should exceed the 4GB limit?
any body have idea about how to do this?

It can't be done. Maybe you can write multiple smaller files. If you
want a single file that's larger than 4GB, you'll have to use the NTFS
file system. No workaround.
--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)

hi thanx for reply,
MySql had already solve this proble , mysql DB can grow up to
Terabytes in FAT32 too.
so there is a way too.

They must use multiple smaller files to store all that data. There is
no way around the limit.
--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
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But as per the article
http://www.unix.org/whitepapers/64bit.html
seems to be some way ,
i want do this it any way through c++ or c?
we may do this by accessing the FAT in fat32 system if it possible..

thanks

[Tim Slattery]

Post by s***@gmail.com
But as per the article
http://www.unix.org/whitepapers/64bit.html
seems to be some way ,
i want do this it any way through c++ or c?
we may do this by accessing the FAT in fat32 system if it possible..

That article talks about the Unix operating system. It never mentions
the FAT32 file system. Some versions of UFX (Unix File System) can
handle larger files, just as NTFS can. FAT32 cannot.

[S O H I L]

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by s***@gmail.com
But as per the article
http://www.unix.org/whitepapers/64bit.html
seems to be some way ,
i want do this it any way through c++ or c?
we may do this by accessing the FAT in fat32 system if it possible..

That article talks about the Unix operating system. It never mentions
the FAT32 file system. Some versions of UFX (Unix File System) can
handle larger files, just as NTFS can. FAT32 cannot.
--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)

hi,
can we split large file in small files and join them virtualy ?
means filesystem treat that as one file only .
and we manage that all small files in one another file
Thanx

[Tim Slattery]

Post by S O H I L
hi,
can we split large file in small files and join them virtualy ?
means filesystem treat that as one file only .
and we manage that all small files in one another file

I don't know of any file system that does this automatically,
certainly FAT32 does not. I don't think that it would be terribly
difficult to write your own code to do it.

[S O H I L]

Post by Tim Slattery

Post by S O H I L
hi,
can we split large file in small files and join them virtualy ?
means filesystem treat that as one file only .
and we manage that all small files in one another file

I don't know of any file system that does this automatically,
certainly FAT32 does not. I don't think that it would be terribly
difficult to write your own code to do it.
--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)

ok .
i will keep trying on it and will do it
Thanks for your support

[teebo]

for dos (Enhanced Dr-DOS) there is relatively new support
for files larger than 4GB on fat32, it is called FAT+
and Fat32+, see more at http://www.drdosprojects.de/ and
http://www.fdos.org/kernel/fatplus.txt and at the dr-dos-wiki:
http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.FATplus
The files can be up to 256 GB with fatplus.

*but* I don't think it is implemented in windows 98 yet,
it is much easier to implement things if you have source
(like drdos/freedos) and not have to patch binaries, which
is needed with windows 98.
I hope some skilled person will implement support for fat+
in win98 too