-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 07:42:33 -0500 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
>I've been googling to try to answer this question, so far, no luck. > >I recall that there is (or used to be?) a limit on the number of files in the >top level directory of a FAT32 (or 16?) partition / drive. If you needed to >have more files in a directory, you had to create a subdirectory (and, as I >recall, there was no limit on the number of files in a subdirectory). > >Does anybody else (reading this) recall that, and recall more details, like >the maximum number of files and which FAT systems (32 or 16) this applied to, >and, further, is it still a limit on FAT32? > >The limit might have existed in FAT12 as well (or some similar limit), but as >I recall it was in FAT16 or later. > You are correct in the limit in the root directory. I thought the limit was 128 files/directories, but I could be wrong. I believe the limit was when using FAT 16. FAT 32 raised this limit, but I don't remember the numbers, since by then I was using sub-directories to insure never hitting the limit. - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://linuxcounter.net/user/425914.html] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEG5QK93YKrQMH22ZTiq6LjqbJ0IAFAlhJasgACgkQiq6LjqbJ 0ICJawgAmykBStEEUV6pezM8Txi4qS29U0PvjMUSKK7mHsLOw1JnXcHqxMoJpOsh N6SQ76C2J+1QPvKHUdyYuR8ZecoKxaehyEXPccYtV8eMSvPVo8CWXE4rjjdiAxgP Ww4IknQJWCc8Qsh2BG8F6FglVx+RS/ij62phTT/qOf/2aPG89T/w3Psi/acGt2Y9 +XwMoKGKrqbDRK8NzyWk0fb5XYqvqvYmzCDGGvsCtWzXswsJFzRan18YnFcB43KN ZggbqgG8YGDWMFxIJcsuMPKrOt5fCLLgysNTcAEeBhlNIUPf0Cl9ZFPUkXqWqc7Y cgUo0ZuwR8nCUVfXDqrBFvKgFlOMgA== =L0dZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
