On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Marcos Florence <fav...@mpcnet.com.br> wrote:
> 4GB FAT16 partitions would be a lot better, but for some reason > I couldn't make them. FDISK isn't always easy to use. FAT16 has a 2GB limit, imposed by the format. The smallest area of disk accessible by DOS is the cluster. FAT16 uses 16 bit addressing, so you can have a total of 65,536 clusters. Maximum cluster size is 32KB, which makes 2GB the maximum FAT16 partition size. FAT32 was designed to bypass those limits as large HDs became available/affordable, and multiple partitions were a PITA. You can create a 4GB FAT16 partition using WinXP which uses 64KB clusters, but it probably isn't accessible from DOS. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310561 > Marcos ______ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flow-based real-time traffic analytics software. Cisco certified tool. Monitor traffic, SLAs, QoS, Medianet, WAAS etc. with NetFlow Analyzer Customize your own dashboards, set traffic alerts and generate reports. Network behavioral analysis & security monitoring. All-in-one tool. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=126839071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
