On Tue, 28 Nov 2000 17:56:30 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> If that is the case, then why does anyone use a 32 bit FAT?
> Are there any advantages at all in using a 32 bit FAT vs. a 16 bit FAT?
> Maybe the reason has to do with having to deal with long file names.
> I don't know. Is a 16 bit FAT inefficient for dealing with LFNs?
Although its faults with slow speed and big clusters, it has one
very big advantage over the other FAT systems: It can handle partitions
bigger then 2MB. You cant partition a standard 30G drive as one big
partition with FAT16.
But if you got a hard disk that is 8G-10G or less, better stick to FAT16
for speed.
Wondering whats the advantage of the OS/2/NT HPFS over ext2fs.. if
there's any?
