Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!watcgl!electro!ignac
From: ignac@electro.UUCP (Ignac Kolenko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Strange TOS Problems
Message-ID: <235@electro.UUCP>
Date: 25 Dec 88 21:34:36 GMT
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In article <2759@ukecc.engr.uky.edu> parsons@engr.uky.edu (Greg Parsons) writes:
>Hello,
> 
> I have a question for you, has anyone else had the problem that there
>can only be 112 files on a disk ? yes 188288 bytes in 112 files. that
>is not a full disk by a long run... but what i need to know is there a
>way to get around this? i have tryed to make folders... no dice...
>
>                        oh well,
>                            Greg

the root directory IS limited to how many files/subdirectories you can place
in it. if you check the boot sector of your disk, word at location $11 contains
the number of possible directory entries, at least according to the Abacus book
"ST Disk Drives: Inside and Out". it doesn't say if this number is for the 
root directory, or for the entire disk. If you need more entries, try creating
a new boot sector (using xbios function 18 - Protobt), and formatting the 
disk yourself. i haven't done this myself, so this may all be wrong  :-)

but i *think* there is no limit to how many files you place in a 
subdirectory.

-- 
Ignac A. Kolenko          watmath!watcgl!electro!ignac      
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