http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=198904
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/docs/readme128.htm#4.2
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/ntfs/verCompat-c.html

imho, "in place upgrades" of any kind are suspect. start from scratch
as much as possible =)



--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Johan van Zyl" <johan@j...>
wrote:

> What you are saying is that there is difference between NTFS NT4 SP6 and
> NTFS W2K SP2?
> Some would say that it is obvious - but not to me, if they call BOTH

NTFS,

> not NFTF 1 and 2 or NTFS Plain and NTFS MX etc.
> As NT4 is not really around anymore - that means a .fdb file on

Win2K SP2

> and above (and Linux???) can be LARGE i.e HUGE i.e like TB's in size

(even 1

> TB will do - for a while<g>)
> Great Stuff!
> JVZ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Helen Borrie
> Sent: 21 April 2005 00:58
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [firebird-support] .FDB file size limit
>
>
> At 05:05 PM 20/04/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >Bill,
> >
> >
> > > >> Any ideas why this may be happening?
> >
> >...
> >
> > > >What file system are you using? Fat-32 or NTFS?
> >
> >...
> >
> > > NTFS
> >
> >Are you **positive**?
> >
> >I had a client DB running on Win2000 which has over 5GB is size,

without

> >any problems!
> >
> >I suspect that the volume is actually FAT32.
>
> Or that you fell into the same trap I did? I upgraded from NT4 SP

6 to

> Win2K SP2. Existing NTFS partitions apparently didn't get upgraded to
> 64-bit and choked on 4+Gb files. New NTFS partitions added since

to new

> HDDs were in 64-bit. Solution (for me) was to back up the dbs and

restore

> to new disks.
>
> ./hb
>
>
>
>
>

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

> --
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
> a.. To visit your group on the web, go to:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/
>
> b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> firebird-support-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
> c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of

Service.

>
>
> ----------
>
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.18 - Release Date: 2005/04/19
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]