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From: ltf@ncmicro.lonestar.org (Lance Franklin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Formatting 16bit FAT on small HDisk.
Message-ID: <166@ncmicro.lonestar.org>
Date: 19 Sep 90 07:15:44 GMT
Reply-To: ltf@ncmicro.lonestar.org (Lance Franklin)
Organization: NC Microproducts, Richardson, Tx.
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Does anybody know of a program that will format a small harddisk
partition with a 16bit FAT?  My Compaq 386/20 Portable has a
100meg HD with 4 partitions, the 4th being about 14meg.  I'm getting
a bit tired of seeing a directory structure that takes up about
7 megs on the big partitions take up almost the whole disk on the
small partition.  Unfortunately, the formatter that comes with the
Compaq automatically switches to the 12bit FAT when partitioning
a HD below a certain size.

Can anybody point me at a better formatter (or tell me how to patch
the one I've got to drop the changeover point between 12 and 16bit
FATs to less than 10meg)?

Thanks....Lance


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Lance T. Franklin            +----------------------------------------------+
(ltf@ncmicro.lonestar.org)   | "I'll hit you with this here lollipop!"      |
NC Microproducts, Inc.       |                                 The Fat Fury |
Richardson, Texas            +----------------------------------------------+