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Clarify that image files larger than 4GB must reside on exFAT-formatted SD card

Alex Perez 2 年之前
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@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ Empty image files can be created using operating system tools:
 * Linux: `fallocate -l 1G HD1.img`
 * Linux: `fallocate -l 1G HD1.img`
 * Mac OS X: `mkfile -n 1g HD1.img`
 * Mac OS X: `mkfile -n 1g HD1.img`
 
 
+If you need to use image files larger than 4GB, you _must_ use an exFAT-formatted SD card, as the FAT32 filesystem does not support files larger than 4,294,967,295 bytes (4GB-1 byte).
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 ZuluSCSI firmware can also create image files itself.
 ZuluSCSI firmware can also create image files itself.
 To do this, create a text file with filename such as `Create 1024M HD40.txt`.
 To do this, create a text file with filename such as `Create 1024M HD40.txt`.
 The special filename must start with "Create" and be followed by file size and the name of resulting image file.
 The special filename must start with "Create" and be followed by file size and the name of resulting image file.