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From: dixon@zephyrus.steinmetz (Walter V. Dixon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 12-bit or 16-bit FAT entry
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Date: 2 Jul 88 14:46:11 GMT
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The number of clusters in the "Data Area" of the disk (ie the part of the
disk mapped by thFAT)T determines whether 16 or 12 bit FATs are required.
If there are less than 0xff8 clusters,  12 bit FATs are used;  otherwise
16 bit FATs are used.  I hope this helps.