Date   : Mon, 04 Sep 2006 01:58:02 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: Tube File Copying

>Message-ID: <466F1C5AAED440620086BF1804CDC87.MAI@...>
 
"Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...> wrote:
> 16MB is the file size limit for Econet Level 3 and the FileStore; I
> think it's only 8MB on the MDFS if I remember from doing a backup
> which included a 10MB PC Emulator partition a long time back!
> 
> There's no such restriction on Level 4 because it uses whatever
> local storage is available as determined by the Exports file; there
> is no concept of disc partitioning in L4 like L2/3.  So it can cope
> with file sizes up the maximum the local filing system (in this
 
True, but only 32-bit NetFS knows how to talk 32-bit file lengths
to 32-bit file servers. Connecting to Level 4 FS from a Beeb or
Master will still only let you access 16M-max files.
 
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