On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 03:43, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: > "Do not spend too much time trying to figure out why this math works. > The basis for the computation is complicated; the important point is > that this is how Microsoft operating systems do it, and it works. Note, > however, that this math does not work perfectly." > - Microsoft EFI FAT32 File System Specification, p. 32
Even better is that it is referred to as "a clever piece of arithmetic" two pages earlier. - jamie
