Path: utzoo!yunexus!maccs!cs4g6ag From: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Need help, Can't put more than 122 files on 3.5" 720k disk Keywords: 3.5 dir max Message-ID: <251303BF.21271@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Date: 17 Sep 89 02:38:55 GMT Article-I.D.: maccs.251303BF.21271 References: <890915.002733.885@msn.rmi.de> <1512@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> Reply-To: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Lines: 28 In article <1512@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> chuck@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Chuck Rissmeyer) writes: $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. $I know there is an adjustable limit on $RAMDISKs, but I'm not sure of 3.5" disks. I can't find anything on it $in any of my DOS manuals. I am able to copy all 123 files to my 1.2M floppy $though. There may be some formatting programs that allow you to specify the limit of how many files you can put onto a given disk; if you can't find such a program, however, you're stuck - IF YOU NEED YOUR FILES IN THE ROOT DIRECTORY, that is. The root directory is limited in size; however, subdirectories are not; the only limit on the size of a subdirectory is the free space on your disk. Therefore, if you run out of directory space while there's still free space available, create a subdirectory (remember that this takes up a directory entry in the root,so you'll have to remove one of the files first) and put your files in the subdirectory. -- Stephen M. Dunn cs4g6ag@maccs.McMaster.CA ********************************************************************** = "\nI'm only an undergraduate!!!\n"; "VM is like an orgasm: the less you have to fake, the better." - S.C.