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From: fredex@cg-atla.UUCP (Fred Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MS-DOS 3.1
Keywords: dos, bug
Message-ID: <8207@cg-atla.UUCP>
Date: 28 Dec 89 14:46:33 GMT
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Reply-To: fredex@cg-atla.UUCP (Fred Smith)
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In article <10632@ucsd.Edu> steve@wintermute.ucsd.edu ({Darkavich}) writes:
>
>I have discovered that after using MS-Dos 3.1 for a while, that my floppies
>have developed a problem.  The problem is that the manual specificly says
>that the file entry limitation is 255 files.  every disk I have stops at
>112 files.  I cann't figure this out.  Is this a problem with 3.1 or could
>it be a corrupt version??  All help is appreciated.  
>		Thanks,
>			Steve Misrack
>			smisrack@ucsd.edu




The number of files on a volume is set at the time it is formatted, and differs
 with volume type. I seem to recall that the limit for a 360k floppy IS 112
files.

Fred