--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, "arthurford4142" <arthurford4142@...> wrote:
historical reasons, FAT12 and FAT16 media generally use 512 root
directory entries on non-floppy media."
Since every HP variable and Directory are a FAT16 file (as seen on a
computer) they are restricted to a max. number of 512.
I'll try messing around with mkdosfs a bit to see whether the calc
will tolerate more.
greetings, M.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table#Final_FAT16
>This is not a 49/50g restriction. According to Wikipedia[1] "For
> > On the 49G+ the max size SD card was 128mb. On both 49G+ and 50G the
> > max number of files is 512.
> I need to clarify the max number of files. The max number of files +
> folders is 512 in each directory on the SD card, so, depending on the
> number of subdirectories, you can store thousands of files on that
> little card.
>
> Arthur
>
historical reasons, FAT12 and FAT16 media generally use 512 root
directory entries on non-floppy media."
Since every HP variable and Directory are a FAT16 file (as seen on a
computer) they are restricted to a max. number of 512.
I'll try messing around with mkdosfs a bit to see whether the calc
will tolerate more.
greetings, M.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table#Final_FAT16