IIRC, the FAT filesystems (at least FAT12, and maybe FAT16) had a rather
small limit to the size of the root directory -- something around 128 files,
maybe a little more. Subdirectories could be of any size. Another thing to
consider: what is the cluster size being used? If you ended up with a huge
cluster size, your files could have a LOT of wasted space at the end of
each file. Does the Linux "du" command give any hint as to how many
bytes were used in toto by your files, versus the sum of sizes given in ls?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> You might also have hit another limit of the card, namely free directory 
> space. There are only so many files that can be stored in a FAT16 
> directory (which I assume is how your SD card is formatted). You might 
> have hit that limit.
>   

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