Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Aug 1997 23:36:57 +0200 | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: FAT12 vs FAT16 |
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Hi,
> No No No No! Page 3-7 of the MS-DOS Technical information (the real > system integrator's manual) states: > > "For disks containing more than 4085 clusters (note that > 4085 is the correct number), a 16-bit FAT entry is used."
This is correct, but not sufficient for FAT type detection as you can have a disk with _less_ than 4085 clusters and 16-bit FAT.
Have a nice fortnight -- Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@gts.cz> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/ Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth "It said, "Insert disk #3," but only two will fit!"
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