This appears to be a never ending thread. ;-) I started it, an, for the record, I'm good (I've got a satisfactory answer--it seems I can put photos in subdirectories and the photo frame will work its way through the subdirectories).
But, if you (all) are having fun, carry on ;-) On Monday, January 02, 2017 10:29:16 AM Nicolas George wrote: > Le tridi 13 nivôse, an CCXXV, Jude DaShiell a écrit : > > msdos 6.22 which was fat16 had a limit of 112 files in top level > > directory. Once I tried putting more than that on a floppy disk and > > couldn't figure why no more would fit until I found this out. I don't > > know if the limit got expanded for fat32 and msdos 7 > > Will nobody read the darn thread before posting half-wrong statements? > And possibly check their own facts against reliable sources? > > The limit does not come from the OS, it is coded in the "superblock" of > the filesystem. It can be configured when creating the filesystem. The > default is indeed sometimes 112. > > Also, MS-DOS 6.22 "is" not FAT16, that does not mean anything. FAT12, > FAT16 and FAT32 are three variants of the filesystems with different > compromises between wasted storage per file and wasted storage globally. > The tool that creates the filesystem will normally choose the best one > for a typical use by default. And of course, MS-DOS < 7 did not support > FAT32. > > Regards,
