[ros-dev] FAT Opinion

[Rick Langschultz]

i would rather use a filesystem that was able to store things larger  
than that. What about virtual machine disks? I think that FAT32 is  
the wrong fs to be using here people.
On Jan 11, 2006, at 7:44 AM, nitro2k01 wrote:

> FAT32 limits file sizes to 4 GB.
>
>                                         /nitro2k01
>
> On 1/11/06, Rick Langschultz <rlangschultz at cox.net> wrote:
>> The only thing i see that will allow Microsoft to use the patent  
>> for the FAT
>> filesystem naming conventions is holding it above other operating  
>> system
>> developer's heads. I think that FAT was never a good choice for a
>> filesystem. If M$ does decide to get feisty ReactOS should  
>> implement a VFS
>> for something like FAT over XFS, EXT3, or Reiser.
>>
>> All of these are really good at storing large amounts of data very  
>> fast. I
>> also think that an NTFS implementation or a VFS would be a great  
>> idea.
>>
>> Can someone provide statistics about any of these filesystems or  
>> verify if
>> these are able to store files larger than a certain size. I also  
>> think that
>> FAT has a max file size limit...
>>
>>
>> On Jan 11, 2006, at 5:18 AM, Murphy, Ged (Bolton) wrote:
>>
>>
>> I'm reading reports of a US patent on FAT.
>> What's going on and how will this effect us?
>>
>> The US patent rules are seriously out of control :(
>>
>> Ged
>>
>>
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