the answer is yes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table
and in the writeup under Fragmentation: The FAT file system does not contain mechanisms which prevent newly written files from becoming scattered across the partition. On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 9:32 PM, pradeep singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > Okay, I may be embarrassing myself here but still i ll dare to ask. > > Does FAT16/FAT32 implementation in linux(i.e VFAT) suffer from the > same fragmentation issues, faced by a standard FAT* filesystem on a > Windows Box? > > Thanks, > --Pradeep > -- > Cu > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- Regards, Peter Teoh Ernest Hemingway - "Never mistake motion for action." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
