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From: cbema!las@cbnews.ATT.COM (cbema!las)
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: <9602@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 18 Sep 89 17:12:44 GMT
References: <1512@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Reply-To: cbema!las@cbnews.ATT.COM (Larry A. Shurr,20650,cb,9a110,6148605851)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OH (actually an AGS consultant)
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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.

The root directory on dos disks is a fixed size.  Sub-directories, on
the other hand, may grow - though if you put a lot of files in one,
access is sssssllllllooooooowwwwwww.  The difference is that the root
directory is a fixed area on the disk whereas sub-directories are
files.

regards, Larry
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