2 GIG limit on usb thumb drives?

[Eberhard Roloff]

John Conover wrote:

> Thanks, Owen. Its a W95 FAT32 (LBA), according to fdisk(8), and
> doesn't work. The 2 GB pen drive is FAT16, and works. I just fdisk'ed
> and mkfs'ed to a FAT16 4 GB, 

This does not make much sense.

2GBs with FAT 16 is ok since FAT 16 is linited to a size of max. 2 GB.

With 4 GBs, you better use NTFS or a Linux File System. FAT32 aka "W95 
FAT 32 (LBA)" will also work, but not FAT 16


and am filling it up to see if it
> crashes. Using FAT16 with a 4 GB device is scary.

It definitely is! So better use Fat32, NTFS or a Linux File System...
> 
> 	 Thanks,
> 
> 	 John
> 
> BTW, what started this is that I need to store about 3 GB, and had a 2 GB
> that was reliable. Found a 4-same brand, same case, but didn't work.

crazy. I never saw a stick with a filesystem that did not work for the 
size it had.

Eberhard
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