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What is the maximum size of Compact Flash Card that the HP Jornada 545
will support ? (ie 128, 256Mb etc?)

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Hello,

From an OS perspective you shouldn't have a problem with any size card. I
did a quick look on the 545 and did not find an OEM limit either so you
should be clear on any size. key work: Should.

Regards,

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"DGC" <pax@dgcree.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> What is the maximum size of Compact Flash Card that the HP Jornada 545
> will support ? (ie 128, 256Mb etc?)

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In article <eH0JKnsZFHA.3280@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, "Clinton Fitch,
Clinton Fitch \(Dot\) Com!" <management@NOSPAMMINGME.clintonfitch.com>
says...
> Hello,
>
> From an OS perspective you shouldn't have a problem with any size card. I
> did a quick look on the 545 and did not find an OEM limit either so you
> should be clear on any size. key work: Should.
>
> Regards,
>
>
Is their a FAT16/32 changeover at 2Gb?

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"Bruce Graham" <jbgraham@nowhere.com.au> wrote in message
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> In article <eH0JKnsZFHA.3280@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, "Clinton Fitch,
> Clinton Fitch \(Dot\) Com!" <management@NOSPAMMINGME.clintonfitch.com>
> says...
>> Hello,
>>
>> From an OS perspective you shouldn't have a problem with any size card.
>> I
>> did a quick look on the 545 and did not find an OEM limit either so you
>> should be clear on any size. key work: Should.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
> Is their a FAT16/32 changeover at 2Gb?

It's not a changeover point- the upper limit of FAT16 is above the lower
limit of FAT32.

The minimum FAT32 size is around 260Mb, the maximum FAT16 size is 4Gb- *but*
there are OS limits to beware of. So there are capacities where you can
choose whichever you want to use.

The maximum FAT16 size is 4GB.

**In addition FAT16 volumes larger than 2 GB are not accessible from
computers running MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me. This
limitation occurs because these operating systems do not support cluster
sizes larger than 32 KB, which gives an effective 2 GB limit.

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Alan,

Good explanation.

Bruce, The CE core understands FAT32 so you should not have any issues on
it.

Regards,

--
Clinton Fitch
Senior Editor / Owner
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http://www.clintonfitch.com

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"Alan Smith" <alan@hidden.email> wrote in message
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>
> "Bruce Graham" <jbgraham@nowhere.com.au> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1d0b919a506d1bf4989881@news.optusnet.com.au...
>> In article <eH0JKnsZFHA.3280@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, "Clinton Fitch,
>> Clinton Fitch \(Dot\) Com!" <management@NOSPAMMINGME.clintonfitch.com>
>> says...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> From an OS perspective you shouldn't have a problem with any size card.
>>> I
>>> did a quick look on the 545 and did not find an OEM limit either so you
>>> should be clear on any size. key work: Should.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>> Is their a FAT16/32 changeover at 2Gb?
>
> It's not a changeover point- the upper limit of FAT16 is above the lower
> limit of FAT32.
>
> The minimum FAT32 size is around 260Mb, the maximum FAT16 size is 4Gb-
> *but* there are OS limits to beware of. So there are capacities where you
> can choose whichever you want to use.
>
> The maximum FAT16 size is 4GB.
>
> **In addition FAT16 volumes larger than 2 GB are not accessible from
> computers running MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me. This
> limitation occurs because these operating systems do not support cluster
> sizes larger than 32 KB, which gives an effective 2 GB limit.
>

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In article <#EIP9BLaFHA.3032@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>, "Clinton Fitch,
Clinton Fitch \(Dot\) Com!" <management@NOSPAMMINGME.clintonfitch.com>
says...
> Alan,
>
> Good explanation.
>
> Bruce, The CE core understands FAT32 so you should not have any issues on
> it.
>
> Regards,
>
>
Thanks both Alan and Clinton
Bruce