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Date:      Sat, 24 Aug 1996 12:07:17 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers)
Subject:   Re: DOS root directory?
Message-ID:  <199608241007.MAA09821@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199608240815.KAA00455@eac.iafrica.com> from Robert Nordier at "Aug 24, 96 10:15:11 am"

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As Robert Nordier wrote:

> Most users with very large DOS filesystems probably do shrink them
> when installing FreeBSD.  And if FIPS were more conscientious, it
> would adjust the cluster size to something more appropriate (and
> probably then <= 32 sectors).

This would require a complete reorganization of the file system, not
just adjusting the BPB only.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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