From: Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus_at_haxx.se>
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 19:39:25 +0100

Greg Haerr wrote:
> : ./fat mkfile /a 3000
> :
> : fails with the CVS code. It seems that files over about 2MB don't
work.

Works for me. What error do you get?

> Files created over 2046 * 1024K (just short of 2MB) don't
> work with the current code. It appears the problem is the
> statically allocated array of FAT cache sectors, which is 0x20
> long. It will need to be made larger for > ~2MB file support,
> or the cache algorithm changed.

What is wrong with the cache algorithm? I can't see any error in there.

> How does the current read code handle large files if the clustersize
> is 1? It appears that it wouldn't work, but I haven't been able to
> test yet.

Why wouldn't it? Please explain.


> Of course, larger mp3's play properly. Does anyone
> know the default clustersize on the JB?

That depends on what program you used for formatting the disk and how
large it is.

/Linus
Received on 2002-11-08