One more (simple?) question - FAT or FAT32

Gene Smith gds at chartertn.net
Thu Oct 16 13:22:19 UTC 2008


Robert S. Grimes wrote:
> When using the dosfs, is it better to format, under Windows XP, the SD 
> Cards using FAT or FAT32?
> 
> Both seem to work fine...
> 
> Thanks,
> -Bob

I was wondering about that too.

http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm

Sounds like you can have bigger volumes under FAT32 according to this. I 
think rtems supports FAT32 or FAT16. Not sure about "FAT12", never heard 
of it.  But no long files names under FAT in RTEMS per wiki.




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