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From: hcj@lzsc.ATT.COM (HC Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Directory Limits??!!
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Date: 26 Feb 90 14:59:09 GMT
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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
>                      Thanks,
>                                 Ron,
The floppy ROOT directory has 112 entries in it.  Each can, of course, be
a directory.  Each of these is limited by the number of fat entries, which
is to say the storage on the disk.  A 720 K disk has about 720 clusters
and if you assigned 700 directories (no files) you would surely fill it
up.  
I suspect its the 112 limit that you are confronting.

Howard C. Johnson
ATT Bell Labs
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