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Tim Lider <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 23 Jun 1998 08:31:02 -0700
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Hello Patrick C Black, at 10:52 PM 6/22/98 -0400 you wrote:

>I been reading all the discussion on here about this
>problem and here a little option you can put into FDISK
>when partioning your HD:
>
>
>Fdisk /fprmt will allow you to put FAT32 on a partition smaller than
>512MB. Format {Partitionletter]:/z:n where n is a number 1, 2, 3, 4 will
>give you 512byte, 1k, or 2k clusters depending on the value of n and the
>size of the partition. On a 540MB partition n=1 will give you 512byte
>clusters.

Patrick:

  What is your source on this? My information given me when the FAT32 was
out on OSR2, the smallest Cluster was 4kB. I could be wrong, but I would
like to get your source.

Thanks,


Tim Lider
Advanced Data Solutions              ICQ: 7562541
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