Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 18:33:06 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Maximum size of a fat16 partition
At 01:15 AM 4/08/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 08:07:17 +0000 >From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Maximum size of a fat16 partition > > >>Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 22:38:07 -0500 >>From: John Musielewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Maximum size of a fat16 partition >> >>I presently have Win98 in 6 gigs using fat32. I would like to reduce >>it to 4 gigs and use fat16. When I try to change it my resizer gives > >FAT16 has a maximum partition size of 2GB > >Neil Make that the FAT16 code in Microsoft's implementation of io.sys can only see 32k (?) clusters (which puts an upper limit of 2GB on a FAT16 partition). WinNT based implementations can see 64k clusters which lets them use 4 gig FAT16 partitions. It is quite possible that some other implementations of DOS can see 64k clusters (and hence 4 gig FAT16 partitions) though ... tried seeing of DrDos or PC-Dos can see such partitions? I think you can specify the cluster size when you format for FAT16 under NT/2k/XP (even if the partition isn't 4 gig in size). - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | | ICQ: 31756092 | Libretto IRC channel #Libretto on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
