On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Bob Spelten <b...@chello.nl> wrote:
> Op Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:54:50 +0100 schreef Dave Park < > plasticu...@gmail.com>: > > Hi all, >> >> I'm looking for a bit of advice. >> >> I was reading the QubIDE manual as I have the card, and was reading about >> partition size limits. It seems up to 8 partitions of up to 256MB each is >> the limit. >> >> Is this true for all storage formats? Am I really only ever going to fully >> utilise a 2GB USB drive? No point going bigger? (Not that I'd ever use >> that >> much, ever, but if I want to start collecting and cataloging software, >> it's >> possible.) >> >> Using Q-emuLator 1.0 on Mac. >> >> Dave >> _______________________________________________ >> > > You can create up to 32 partitions per disc with the "Next" option of the > Partition program. > Only 8 can be active at the same time but they consume a lot of memory for > the block tables. > Up to 65525 blocks for each partition. > If you want more MB's you must use a bigger block size but then wast more > disk space with small files. > Space is cheap these days. I'm just wondering if I am better off with a 2GB stick or a couple of 512MB sticks, or if there have been any developments to make the file system more... expansive... Dave _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
