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Subject: Re: shuffle for over 400 songs

Re: shuffle for over 400 songs

From: Michael O'Quinn <michael_at_oquinn.info>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 19:04:08 -0700 (PDT)

On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Vladimir Pantelic wrote:

> Michael O'Quinn wrote:
> > That's good advice.
> >
> > Also, in general it's a bad idea to have so many files in the root
> > directory of ANY hard drive.
> >
> > First, the root directory itself is limited, there are only so many
> > directory entries, and that limits how many files can ultimately be stored
> > on the root directory. This limitation on the number of file entries does
> > not exist for any sub-directories. They can grow as needed.
>
> Not true anymore for FAT32, this limit was only with FAT16

Whoops!

You're right, I missed that one.

Michael
Received on 2003-06-06

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