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Re: [MiNT] Partition sizes

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Subject: Re: [MiNT] Partition sizes
From: "m0n0" <ole@monochrom.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:46:44 +0200
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Am Sa, 21.08.2010, 14:42 schrieb Peter Slegg:

> You are right this is potentially a never ending problem as files get
> bigger and bigger. How long would a fix now last ? What happens when
> someone wants to create a Terabyte file ?
>
> Is there a solution that will allow the creation of very large files that
> are actually stored as 1GB chunks ?
>
> Peter
>

What about the system calls Fstat64() and Fseek64() ? Mint 1.15 changelog
say they where introduced... if that's working, you just need apps that
call these functions instead of the old ones. Maybe I'm wrong and these
system calls can not be used for filesystem files???

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- Re: [MiNT] Partition sizes
  - From: George Nakos <ggn@thebat.net>
- Re: [MiNT] Partition sizes
  - From: Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>

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