On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 17:14, tom ehlert via Freedos-devel <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> > Below 1GB FAT16 uses 8kB clusters. From 1GB-2GB it uses 16kB ones. > > (Below ½GB it uses 4kB.) > > That would require FAT17. (?) Not at all. Here is the full list: FAT12 Drive size Secs/cluster Cluster size < 16 MB 8 4 KiB FAT16 Drive size Secs/cluster Cluster size < 128 MB 4 2 KiB < 256 MB 8 4 KiB < 512 MB 16 8 KiB < 1 GB 32 16 KiB < 2 GB 64 32 KiB < 4 GB 128 64 KiB (Windows NT only) < 8 GB 256 128 KiB (Windows NT 4.0 only) < 16 GB 512 256 KiB (Windows NT 4.0 only) FAT32 Drive size Secs/cluster Cluster size < 260 MB 1 512 bytes < 8 GB 8 4 KiB < 16 GB 16 8 KiB < 32 GB 32 16 KiB < 2 TB 64 32 KiB Source: https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/fs/fat/fat-1.html Confirmation: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Default-cluster-size-for-FAT-compatible-OS_tbl1_261851917 -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven IoM: (+44) 7624 277612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
