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jarnold@tixel.mv.com writes:

> I've got an application where I want to write a LOT of smaller files
> (around 280 files, each file being around 3K bytes) to this floppy.
> The total size required (280 * 3000) is clearly lessthan 1.44MB, yet
> DOS won't let me do it.  Not an "insufficient disk space" message, but
> a bogus message about "can't duplicate file entry".  I am assuming this
> is because of the insufficient space for *directory* entries?

Exactly!

> Is this logical?  If so, is there a way (I couldn't find one) to
> increase the size of each allocation unit from 512 to some other
> number?

Logical?  Sure, in a way.  A root directory has to be a fixed size under
MS-DOS.  If you need more filenames, just put them all in a subdirectory.
But be prepared for some long access times when searching a directory
like that.  It will get pretty badly fragmented.
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