For example, FAT16 limits a single partition to 2G, and the hard disk seems to be 32G; in FAT32, a partition cannot be smaller than 512M, and a single file cannot be larger than 4G; NTFS has some too (I don't know those anymore, hehe)
Also, CD file systems have some limitations too: ISO9660 does not support long file names, and it seems it also does not support directories deeper than 8 levels, etc.
In short, different file systems have different rules and limitations on hard disk size, partition size, file size, file name length, folder depth, and so on. If we don't understand them, then it's hard to avoid making mistakes when working with hard disks and burning CDs.
Also, most importantly, let everyone understand why these limitations exist. For example, FAT16 limits a partition to 2G because the maximum total number of clusters FAT16 can use is 65546, and the maximum size of one cluster is 32K, so 32K*65546=2097472K, which is 2G (a tiny bit more).
In addition, if there are limitations outside the file system as well (it seems hard disk size is also related to the BIOS), please cover those too!!!
If you think this is important, please bump it!!! And of course, if you know this stuff, please don't hesitate to teach us!!!
Also, CD file systems have some limitations too: ISO9660 does not support long file names, and it seems it also does not support directories deeper than 8 levels, etc.
In short, different file systems have different rules and limitations on hard disk size, partition size, file size, file name length, folder depth, and so on. If we don't understand them, then it's hard to avoid making mistakes when working with hard disks and burning CDs.
Also, most importantly, let everyone understand why these limitations exist. For example, FAT16 limits a partition to 2G because the maximum total number of clusters FAT16 can use is 65546, and the maximum size of one cluster is 32K, so 32K*65546=2097472K, which is 2G (a tiny bit more).
In addition, if there are limitations outside the file system as well (it seems hard disk size is also related to the BIOS), please cover those too!!!
If you think this is important, please bump it!!! And of course, if you know this stuff, please don't hesitate to teach us!!!
