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From: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Directory Limits??!!
Message-ID: <3031@water.waterloo.edu>
Date: 26 Feb 90 17:44:15 GMT
References: <276.25E65B7C@uscacm.UUCP>
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In article <276.25E65B7C@uscacm.UUCP> Ron.Hollins@uscacm.UUCP (Ron Hollins) writes:
>
> Question:  Is there a limit to the total number of files that a 
>double-sided floppy disk can contain. (I'm NOT refering to the 40 
>folder limit). I suspect that the 'FAT' must have a ceiling to it. 
>If someone does know this 'magic' number , might you also suggest a 
>technique to trap for this disk 'error'.  I'm using GFA 3.07

I think that there is a limit of 100 objects (files or directories) at
the top level.  I seem to recall, however, that in a sub-directory,
there is no such limit.  On the other hand, there is another limit that
may get you:  my experience is that each file consumes at least 1K of
space, no matter how small it is.  I think this means that a floppy
formatted with 709K bytes will be limited to 708 or so files, 99 at
the root level, and the rest in a sub-directory.  I have never tried
to pack such a disk, has anyone else?

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