Date: Mon, 09 Oct 95 22:54:17 -0400 From: Wonkoo Kim To: djgpp users Reply-To: Wonkoo Kim Subject: Re: Lots of small files in DJGPP waste space & should be chained up! >Partitions size (M bytes) cluster size (K bytes). > 0-127 2 < I didn't follow this thread (I didn't feel a need), but this info is incorrect if DOS was not changed. DOS FORMAT command's default cluster sizes are: FAT partition Cluster Size ------------- ------------ 0 - 15MB 4KB 16 - 127MB 2KB 128 - 255MB 4KB 256 - 511MB 8KB 512 - 1023MB 16KB 1024 - 2047MB 32KB ... ... ------------- ------------ 12-bit FAT is used for a partition of less than 16MB, but 16-bit FAT is used for any bigger parition (>= 16MB). BTW, I don't support the original poster's request (in the subject). FAT file system should be replaced rather than the way of djgpp's file packaging. (16-bit FAT is too small.) Though the best partition size depends on the number of files and the total file size, I think 255MB partition size would be the best for most users for an FAT system if a big disk needs to be partitioned into smaller pieces. (Since we need to keep some free work space (maybe at least a few MB) in each partition, having two 127MB partitions cannot save much comparing with one 255MB partition.) (I'm happy with OS/2's HPFS (0.5KB/cluster for any partition size).) //-------------------------------------------------------------------- // Wonkoo Kim // wkim+@pitt.edu