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From: dold@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Need help, Can't put more than 122 files on 3.5" 720k disk
Message-ID: <1228@mitisft.Convergent.COM>
Date: 16 Sep 89 16:45:24 GMT
References: <1512@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Organization: Convergent Technologies, San Jose, CA
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in article <1512@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>, chuck@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Chuck Rissmeyer) says:

> I just ran into what seems to be a restriction on the number of directory
> entries allowed on a 3.5" 720k disk.  I tried to put the 123rd file on
> the disk, and although there was enough storage space available, I kept
> getting file creation errors.

Each type of disk has a default for the number of allowed entries in the
root directory, which is set on the disk at 'format' time.
The simplest thing to do is to make a directory on the diskette, and
put all of your files there.  It should be able to hold as many as
will fit on the disk.
I think the limit for the 1.2/1.44 class is 212.
'fdformat.exe', from Germany (PD), allows different values for /.

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