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From: Julian Stacey <jhs@berklix.org>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Cc: rnordier@freebsd.org
Subject: doc a 4.3g limit on files within FS created by newfs_msdos
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>Number:         112935
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] newfs_msdos(8): document 4.3g limit on files within FS created by newfs_msdos
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    remko
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu May 24 11:20:03 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:    Fri Jan 28 07:04:31 UTC 2011
>Last-Modified:  Fri Jan 28 07:10:10 UTC 2011
>Originator:     Julian Stacey <jhs@berklix.com>
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
http://berklix.com
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD laps.jhs.private 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Sun Apr 1 16:50:14 CEST 2007 jhs@laps.jhs.private:/usr1/6.2-RELEASE/src/sys/i386/compile/LAPS.small i386


	
>Description:
	
>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix:
Apply patch
http://berklix.com/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/src/gen/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8.diff
Copied here too:
*** 6.2-RELEASE/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8	Sun Feb 13 23:25:16 2005
--- new-generic/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8	Thu May 24 11:57:52 2007
***************
*** 162,167 ****
--- 162,176 ----
      u_int16_t	bkbs;		/* [-k] backup boot sector */
  };
  .Ed
+ .Sh LIMITATION
+ Maximum file size within file system is about 4.3G, even if file system
+ is eg 5 to 10 Gig.  (Thus one cannot store a 4.7 Gig DVD .iso).
+ .Bd -literal
+ 4,294,963,200 on fdisk type  6 slice created & written by FreeBSD,
+ 4,294,963,712 on fdisk type 12 slice created & written by FreeBSD,
+ This is an (MS architectural?) limitation, not a BSD bug, as:
+ 4,294,959,616 on fdisk type 12 created by Win-XP, written by FreeBSD.
+ .Ed
  .Sh EXIT STATUS
  Exit status is 0 on success and 1 on error.
  .Sh EXAMPLES

	


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-doc 
Responsible-Changed-By: linimon 
Responsible-Changed-When: Thu May 24 13:29:57 UTC 2007 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Reclassify. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=112935 

From: dfilter@FreeBSD.ORG (dfilter service)
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/112935: commit references a PR
Date: Sat,  8 Dec 2007 22:38:17 +0000 (UTC)

 remko       2007-12-08 22:38:12 UTC
 
   FreeBSD src repository
 
   Modified files:
     sbin/newfs_msdos     newfs_msdos.8 
   Log:
   Add information about the maximum file size for msdosfs.
   
   PR:             docs/112935
   Submitted by:   Julian Stacey <jhs at berklix dot org>
                   Actually this was inspired by the ticket submitted
                   by Julian.
   MFC After:      3 days
   
   Revision  Changes    Path
   1.21      +4 -1      src/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8
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State-Changed-From-To: open->patched 
State-Changed-By: gavin 
State-Changed-When: Tue Jan 29 14:11:49 UTC 2008 
State-Changed-Why:  
Patched in -HEAD 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=112935 
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-doc->remko 
Responsible-Changed-By: remko 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sat May 31 14:48:18 UTC 2008 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
MFC reminder 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=112935 
State-Changed-From-To: patched->closed 
State-Changed-By: remko 
State-Changed-When: Fri Jan 28 07:04:30 UTC 2011 
State-Changed-Why:  
It had been finally merged.. thanks for waiting soo long. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=112935 

From: dfilter@FreeBSD.ORG (dfilter service)
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/112935: commit references a PR
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:04:09 +0000 (UTC)

 Author: remko
 Date: Fri Jan 28 07:04:01 2011
 New Revision: 218009
 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/218009
 
 Log:
   MFC r174460,174478
   
   Add information about the maximum file size for msdosfs.
   
     PR: docs/112935
     Submitted by: Julian Stacey <jhs at berklix dot org>
     Actually this was inspired by the ticket submitted
     by Julian.
     MFC After: 3 days
   
   PR:		docs/112935
 
 Modified:
   stable/7/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8
 Directory Properties:
   stable/7/sbin/newfs_msdos/   (props changed)
 
 Modified: stable/7/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8
 ==============================================================================
 --- stable/7/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8	Fri Jan 28 06:58:14 2011	(r218008)
 +++ stable/7/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8	Fri Jan 28 07:04:01 2011	(r218009)
 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  .\"
  .\" $FreeBSD$
  .\"
 -.Dd July 6, 1998
 +.Dd December 8, 2007
  .Dt NEWFS_MSDOS 8
  .Os
  .Sh NAME
 @@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ struct bsxbpb {
      u_int16_t	bkbs;		/* [-k] backup boot sector */
  };
  .Ed
 +.Sh LIMITATION
 +The maximum file size is 4GB, even if the file system itself is bigger.
 +.Ed
  .Sh EXIT STATUS
  Exit status is 0 on success and 1 on error.
  .Sh EXAMPLES
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From: dfilter@FreeBSD.ORG (dfilter service)
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/112935: commit references a PR
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:04:10 +0000 (UTC)

 Author: remko
 Date: Fri Jan 28 07:04:01 2011
 New Revision: 218009
 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/218009
 
 Log:
   MFC r174460,174478
   
   Add information about the maximum file size for msdosfs.
   
     PR: docs/112935
     Submitted by: Julian Stacey <jhs at berklix dot org>
     Actually this was inspired by the ticket submitted
     by Julian.
     MFC After: 3 days
   
   PR:		docs/112935
 
 Modified:
   stable/7/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8
 Directory Properties:
   stable/7/sbin/newfs_msdos/   (props changed)
 
 Modified: stable/7/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8
 ==============================================================================
 --- stable/7/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8	Fri Jan 28 06:58:14 2011	(r218008)
 +++ stable/7/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8	Fri Jan 28 07:04:01 2011	(r218009)
 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  .\"
  .\" $FreeBSD$
  .\"
 -.Dd July 6, 1998
 +.Dd December 8, 2007
  .Dt NEWFS_MSDOS 8
  .Os
  .Sh NAME
 @@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ struct bsxbpb {
      u_int16_t	bkbs;		/* [-k] backup boot sector */
  };
  .Ed
 +.Sh LIMITATION
 +The maximum file size is 4GB, even if the file system itself is bigger.
 +.Ed
  .Sh EXIT STATUS
  Exit status is 0 on success and 1 on error.
  .Sh EXAMPLES
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