re: Question about 'Fit more on floppy disks with the DMF Format'
Wednesday, July 23, 2003 at 10:40 pm
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by D'abo Christenson
(1 messages posted)
You've probably found a respose somewhere else by now, but just in case, I thought
I would provide you with a better response than the last one someone else left.
Physically,the DMF format is similar to the 1.68Mb The major difference is that
the 1.68Mb has 224 entries in the / directory, and a cluster size of 512 bytes.
the DMF format has 16 entries in the / directory and comes in two flavors: DMF1024
(for 1024 bytes) or DMF2048 (for 2048 bytes) cluster size.
However, the 1.72Mb has 2 more tracks (82 instead of 1.68Mb's 80) and is NOT compatible
with WinNT's NTFS file system, whereas 1.68Mb and DMF are compatible with NTFS.
More detail is on the WinImage site FAQ:
(http://www.winimage.com/wimushlp/wini1a1y.htm)
Hope this Helps.
_D.
On Saturday, October 13, 2001 at 11:37 am, Jim Holland wrote:
>51 year old student needs help with assignment!
>Assignment requires:
>Definition of DMF?
>Was it developed to prevent users making illegal copies?
>How does the Microsoft version work?
>Does it create more segments per track, or bigger segments?
>What is the difference between the various flavours, i.e. 1.68MB, 1.70MB?
>
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