Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!bally!pete From: pete@bally.Bally.COM (Pete Gregory ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Number of files allowed in the root Keywords: Files FAT Inodes Message-ID: <343@bally.Bally.COM> Date: 21 Aug 90 18:42:30 GMT References: Reply-To: pete@bally.UUCP (Pete Gregory (Live from Patmos)) Distribution: comp Organization: adj: characterized by complete conformity to the standards and requirements of an organization Lines: 26 In article andreap@ms.uky.edu (Andrea Peach) writes: >I have lost the earlier posting on this subject. Could someone please >repost or mail me a copy of the list showing the maximum number of files >allowed in the root of a diskette for the various sizes and densities? From my PC-DOS 3.30 manual (page 5-5): "...the root directory of a single-sided 160/180KB diskette can hold 64 entries, while the root directory of a double- sided 320/360KB and 720KB diskette can hold 112 entries. The root directory of a double-sided 1.44MB diskette can hold 224 entires. The root directory of a high-capacity 1.2MB diskette can hold 224 entires. There can be 512 entries in the root directory of a fixed disk. Unlike the root directory, subdirectories can contain any number of entries, limited only by the amount of available space on the disk." Pete Gregory : uucp: uunet!bally!pete | Bally Systems : domain: pete@bally.bally.com ---|--- 5270 Neil Rd, Suite 301: phone: 702-689-2485 | Reno, NV 89502 : FAX: 702-689-2417 | "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28