Author: Tony Whitmore Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Partition Formats
Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote: > Hi, all!
>
> I have a LANdisk from Maplins. (Actually, a model NS-347S from A-Tec of
> Taiwan, and yes, I have read all the mixed reviews and comments about
> this device. So far, it's working well.)
>
> The instruction book includes these words:
>
> "Because LAN Disk has to fulfill [sic] different OS system requirements,
> it can only support the FAT32 file system."
>
> I don't understand why this should be so; can anyone enlighten me?
Presumably FAT32 is the only filesystem that the chip on the device
supports? Building in other filesystems would mean more money on
development/testing and FAT32 is a relatively obvious choice because
it's so common.
