Questions tagged [fat16]
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Why does linux let me create a file in a FAT12 fs with a long name
I'm writing an operating system and am trying to get it reading FAT12 filesystems. As such, I want a FAT12 disk image with some files on it to get it to read.
To make my FAT12 image, I made a blank ....
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How to mount FAT16/32 USB volume on smartos/illumos/omnios?
I'm trying to copy a file from a Windows 10 Laptop to a SmartOS installation on PC. I have copied the file on to a USB stick. I would like to mount that on SmartOS from root zone (root login), access ...
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why did my computer come with FAT16 partition for EFI boot?
I recently got an Intel Compute Stick with Ubuntu 14.04 pre-installed. From the factory, it has 4 partitions:
FAT16 boot 47.x MB
FAT32 microsoft data 1.x MB
ext4 Ubuntu 14.04 5.x MB
swap
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Is it possible to extend a FAT16b partition and preserve the boot sector?
I have a bootable USB thumbstick with FreeDOS. It's 512 MB FAT16B. The thumb drive itself is 4 GB, and I'd like to extend the bootable partition as much as possible (FAT16B supports at least 2 GB ...
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How to calculate the minimum number of bytes required for the minimum FAT32 partition?
From experimentation with newfs_msdos, I determined that the minimum number of bytes required to create a FAT32 partition is 34089472. One byte less and the program complains:
$ newfs_msdos -F 32 -c ...
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What is FAT's maximum file size?
From what I understand, FAT32 uses a 32 bit number for each file to store its file size (and thus FAT32 is limited at ~4GiB files). In FAT each file has a root directory entry, and these entries are ...
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What does FAT reserve clusters for?
Based on the information I can see from this page:
FAT12 uses a maximum of 4086 clusters (2^12 - 10)
FAT16 uses 65526 (2^16 - 10)
FAT32 uses ~268435456 (2^28)
I understand that FAT32 uses 28 bits ...
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Windows 10 corrupts FAT partition checksum
I have a FAT16 partition (primary) that takes a total of 10.00MB of a standard USB drive. The rest of the space on the USB drive is unallocated so this is the only parttion I have there.
When I plug ...
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Create a FAT16 filesystem with DiskPart
I need to create a FAT16 image via a batch script. I am trying to get DiskPart on Windows 10 to create a FAT16 image and am running into some issues.
How I am attempting to create the image
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How to Format USB Stick to a Low Level Format Fat16 Fat32 File System to Record Rescue Disk for Antivirus Software [closed]
I would like to know how or which app/software can I use to format a USB stick to FAT 16 or FAT 32 low level format thank you in advance.
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Windows delays writing FAT table on small USB drive despite “Quick removal”
I am seeing delayed writes to the FAT on a small-capacity FAT(FAT12)-formatted USB flash drive even though the policy for the drive is set to "Quick Removal". (I believe this means the ...
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Why would some folders be copied with the wrong timestamp?
When copying folders from a FAT16-formatted microSD card onto an NTFS volume, why would some (but not all) of the folders have a modified timestamp of the current date/time on the destination?
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Resizing a FAT-based filesystem
Is it possible to grow or shrink a FAT filesystem like it is possible to resize ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystems? I am NOT talking about resizing partitions.
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How do I copy files onto a microSD card FAT16 partition using Windows7?
I have a microSD card with a FAT16 file partition and I'd like to add some files to it. How can I put files onto the FAT16 partition of a microSD card with Windows 7?
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How do I format my USB flash to FAT 16 on windows? [duplicate]
This question has been asked before. I think it deserves a simpler, more direct answer.
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