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SubjectRe: FAT12 vs FAT16
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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