Re: Fw: Bad Fat

[Pixel]

Andrew Clausen <address@hidden> writes:

> I think I know what the problem is.  FWICT, some versions of
> DOS/Windows terminate directory entries at the first NULL directory
> entry, others at the end of the cluster (at the end of the dir's
> chain).  Parted ends it at the end of the cluster, which means
> it may find some bogus directory entries (like the one you found)
> that DOS/Windows ignores.
> 
> Pixel: you said I should terminate at the end of the cluster...
> what versions of DOS/Windows were you testing on?  FAT16 or FAT32?

well, as far as i remember, it was that way with FAT16&DOS. 

For later versions, i don't really know, but i don't got any problem.

It seems like in most cases, an empty entry is never followed by anything,
that's why we get the same behavior with a different ending case...