 |
 |
FAT32 Problem with file greater than 4gb
|
|
|
|
|
Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: CT
Status:
Offline
|
|
I have a hard drive that is fat32 formated. I use this hard drive with both Windows and Mac OS X. I have a file that is about 8 GB and want to put it on this drive. I cannot separate this file because I will be using it sometimes. Basically, I want to know if there is a way to get around the max file size in fat32. I looked into MacFuse, something that allows me to write and read to an NTFS file system. Is there a way for windows to read and write to a Mac OS X Journaled file system also?
PS - This is an external USB/FW400 hard drive.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Status:
Offline
|
|
FAT32 does not support larger then 4GB files. Windows again won't understand HFS+...
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Dec 2000
Status:
Offline
|
|
You could make a segmented .dmg disk image with the 8 GB file on it, and store it on the FAT32 partition as multiple segments, each of which is less than 4 GB.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: London, UK
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by kpne1home 
I looked into MacFuse, something that allows me to write and read to an NTFS file system. Is there a way for windows to read and write to a Mac OS X Journaled file system also?
Macdrive for Windows works really well.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moderator  Join Date: May 2001
Location: Hilbert space
Status:
Offline
|
|
FAT32 isn't capable of handling files larger than 4 GB, you need to use another filesystem. I'm not sure how stable the FUSE driver for NTFS is, so I'd suggest firefly's suggestion to use an HFS+ drivers for Windows.
Alternatively, you could also transfer files via network …
|
|
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
|
|
Forum Rules
|
|
|
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top