[En-Nut-Discussion] Limit number of files on a PHAT FS?

Harald Kipp harald.kipp at egnite.de
Mon Mar 17 18:41:01 CET 2008


Hi Ole,

Ole Reinhardt wrote:
> I just noticed that the number of files with similar long filenames is
> limited to 99 files by the PHAT driver, but I would need to store up to
> 2000 files in a directory.

Did you try this on a PC. I remember times, where deleting 2000 files on 
a FAT drive took hours...long time ago, I know, but the sequential 
structure of a FAT hasn't changed since then.

Today PCs may use large buffers to overcome this.


Harald



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