MS-DOS Reports Zero Bytes Free on a Network Drive (98514)



The information in this article applies to:
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22

This article was previously published under Q98514

SYMPTOMS

If you access a network drive that has more than 2 gigabytes (GB) of disk space, the MS-DOS DIR command reports zero bytes free.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because the upper limit for MS-DOS reporting disk space free is 2 GB. This is consistent with the maximum file size of 2 GB and the maximum partition size of 2 GB.

This limitation occurs because MS-DOS stores the size of a file as a 31-bit number.

Modification Type: Major Last Reviewed: 11/21/1999
Keywords: KB98514