Hi Gerry, > Is there any way to control the cluster size with FreeDOS FORMAT?
No > By default it seems to choose the cluster size based on how big the hard > drive is. No, it trusts the kernel to select a sane cluster size, and indeed the kernel selects a suitable cluster size for your disk size. > formatting a 2Gb partition, the FORMAT command told me the cluster size > was 64K (!), and that Win9x and MS-DOS would not be able to use the > partition. This means that you have partitioned as FAT16 - in that case the ONLY way to reach over 2 GB (I assume that your partition was a bit more than 2 GB actually) is to use 64k cluster size. FDISK can be configured to select whether you want to allow that cluster size or not, the default config is "behave suitable for Win98" which means that it will recommend FAT32 for bigger partitions. Eric ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
