Re: [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(a)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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