Re: 32MB is size???

[Roger Johnstone <news2006@roger.geek.nz>]

In <1hd6g8p.1y70jrx1h1vn61N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> David Empson wrote:
>
> The number of directory blocks limits the total number of files in the
> root directory of a standard ProDOS volume to 51 (13 files per block, 
> 4 blocks, less one entry for the directory header). Subdirectories 
> don't have this limit.
>
> Some non-standard volumes use a different number of blocks in the root
> directory, e.g. /RAM only has one block, which means that it can only
> fit 12 files in its root directory. This was also used on AppleWorks
> program disks in order to squeeze a little more space for storing the
> application, as it consisted of a small number of relatively large
> files.

I ran into that years ago when I tried to backup an AppleWorks disk 
using a normal file-by-file copy. The files wouldn't fit on the freshly 
formatted destination disk! A whole-disk copy solved the problem.

-- 
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
http://roger.geek.nz/
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