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- Document 1208
- FDISK CLUSTER SIZE
-
- Initials:
- BK
- 12/10/91
- DR DOS 6.0
- DR DOS 5.0
- DR MDOS 5.0
-
- Keywords:
- FDISK
- CLUSTER
- PARTITION
- SECTOR
-
- Description:
-
- The cluster size that FDISK will select depends on the size
- of the partition being created. The cluster size for a particular
- partition size is shown in the following table:
-
-
- Partition Size Bytes/Sector Sectors/Cluster Cluster Size
-
- 0 - 127.9MB 512 4 2K
-
- 128 - 255.9MB 512 8 4K
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- 256 - 512MB 512 16 8K
-
- The cluster size is adjusted for different partitions
- because of the use of a 16 bit File Allocation Table (FAT).
- DR/PC/MS DOS use a 16 bit FAT and can therefore keep track of
- 65,536 clusters. If each of these clusters is 2k, 2k x 65,536 is
- about 127.9MB. If a larger partition is desired, the cluster size
- has to be increased since the number of clusters is limited. Thus
- the cluster size goes to 4k. 4k x 65,536 is about 255.9MB. At that
- point, the cluster size has to be adjusted again.
-
- If a third party utility is used to create a partition using
- different cluster sizes, the bytes per sector setting must be a
- power of 2 (..,64,128,256,512,1024,..).
-
- The above information is based upon using the FDISk utility
- included in the February Business Update of DR DOS 5 or in releases
- manufactured after that time. This includes DR DOS 6 and DR
- MULTI-USER DOS.
-
-
-
- The following is for releases of DR DOS prior to 2/1/91
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- PARTITON SIZE BYTES/SECTOR SECTORS/CLUSTER CLUSTER SIZE
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- 0 - 63.9MB 512 4 2K
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- 64 - 127.9MB 512 8 4K
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- 128 - 512MB 512 16 8K
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