On Thursday, December 08, 2016 12:49:42 PM Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Thu, 08 Dec 2016, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
... > Ugh. Well, for FAT32, "it depends" on the implementation, but it is not > unlimited. > > Even for FAT12/16, the number of entries in the root directory region > could be changed at filesystem creation time (within some limits). > OTOH, when you use VFAT on top, it can consume more than one "directory > entry" per file... > > So you never know for sure with FAT12/16/32 + VFAT ;-) > > Here: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_of_the_FAT_file_system > > > The limit might have existed in FAT12 as well (or some similar limit), > > but as I recall it was in FAT16 or later. > > FAT32 has its own limits, and you should consider that particular > implementations will also have extra limits, especially on embedded > devices. Thanks very much to all who replied! The intended use is on an embedded device (old photo frame) for which we don't have the manual, I guess we'll find out when we hit the limit...
