#2336 closed defect (invalid)

Size calculation wrong when vdi is on a FAT32 disk

Reported by:	rzt	Owned by:
Component:	virtual disk	Version:	VirtualBox 2.0.2
Keywords:		Cc:
Guest type:	other	Host type:	Mac OS X

Description (last modified by Frank Mehnert)

Steps to reproduce:

Create a FAT32 partition
In VirtualBox, begin the new disk setup
Select fixed-size
Choose to put the vdi file on the FAT32 partition
Select any size (doesn't matter, but make it small for this test)
At the final screen, there is an error saying the vdi file is too big

The problem went away when I reformatted the partition as HFS.

I would guess the easiest fix is to notify the user that a HFS partition is required -- but do what you will.

Change History (4)

comment:1 by Frank Mehnert, 16 years ago

Description:	modified (diff)

in reply to: description comment:2 by Bengt-Arne Fjellner, 16 years ago

Replying to rzt:

Steps to reproduce:

Create a FAT32 partition
In VirtualBox, begin the new disk setup
Select fixed-size
Choose to put the vdi file on the FAT32 partition
Select any size (doesn't matter, but make it small for this test)
At the final screen, there is an error saying the vdi file is too big
The problem went away when I reformatted the partition as HFS.

I would guess the easiest fix is to notify the user that a HFS partition is required -- but do what you will.

How small ? Maximum possible filesize on a Fat partition is 4GB

comment:3 by Frank Mehnert, 16 years ago

The maximum file size on FAT is actually 2GB.

comment:4 by aeichner, 15 years ago

Resolution:	→ invalid
Status:	new → closed

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