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Re: [maybe-ITP] gamin

Christopher Faylor wrote:
FAT but not FAT32. There can be differences.

AFAIK, we're only concerned with the permissions issue, which IIRC is the same for both.

Can you format a floppy as FAT32?

Not on Windows. A FAT32 volume must have a minimum of 65,527 clusters, with a minimum cluster size of 512 bytes, which adds up to be a lot more than a floppy.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_lxty.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_tdrn.asp


Yaakov

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