Hi
"L.D. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
LB> When given its own partition, or allowed to establish its own "file"
LB> on a large drive, what type of "format" does it perform?
LB> i.e. What type of FAT is established and what is the effective
LB> sector size once QNX is finished with that partition or its segment
LB> of that partition?
You mean which file system ?? (FAT is a filesystem itself)
I don't know ...
But I guess (the same as with all modern OSes) a balanced binary tree with
clustersize=sectorsize=512 bits - 2 Kbits
FAT was invented for floppies ... and suited that purpose very well ...
but it is one of the worst things you can use on a harddisk.
LB> Using 16bit/DOS, the smallest sector size possible on a 1Gig
LB> partition is something like 32K ... a lot of space wasted with small
LB> files if QNX doesn't somehow "reformat."
??? reformat ???
QNX can either use a single file on a FAT partition. (wasting at a maximum
32 KB), or utilize its own filesystem propably using a 'clustersize' of 512
bits.
LB> l.d.
CU, Ricsi
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