[iyonix-support] Re: File-core limit of 256GB - is it on the list?

  • From: Roger Darlington <rogerarm@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:57:07 GMT

On 8 Feb 2010, David J. Ruck wrote:
> Roger Darlington wrote:
>> I was just wondering if the filecore limit of 256GB is on the list to
>> be extended. Or whether perhaps it is being worked upon already?
>> 
>> [I know it is difficult to fix, I have read earlier reports about
>> this].
> 
> It's not difficult to fix in itself, although increasing the map size to
>   keep wastage down, would increase mounting and allocation times.
> 
> The real issue is there is no current RISC OS hardware than can support
> more than 256GB.

Perhaps using the USB port and FAT32FS is the hardware solution. Then 
perhaps we just need the easy fix doing to the 256GB filecore limit.

Would this be a way forward? At least as a temporary solution?



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