On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 10:40:02 AM -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 07/18/2012 12:18 PM, M. Fioretti wrote: > >the folder that I am backing up contains <25k files total, in lots of > >folders and subfolders, and afaik the max number of files for vfat > >(both 16 and 32) is well above that number > > How many of those files/folders are being put in the root directory > of the drive? none. the root directory only has very few subdirectories, like: photo documents software logs and almost all the files are photos, organized by date, something like: photo/2009 photo/2010 photo/2011 photo/2012/20120101 photo/2012/20120209 etc etc I am on a different pc right now so I cannot give exact numbers, but I don't think any directory has more than ~500 files and subdirectories in it. marco -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org