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Volume label field can't be longer than "VolumeLabel" when formatting in Windows
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eisolo
382 days ago
It's 11 characters max. Maybe this is common knowledge but I thought it was funny. Intentional?
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brudgers
382 days ago
The use of "VolumeLabel" is almost certainly a deliberate choice after much deliberation...in other words the design is so good that nobody notices and when they do they find it remarkable (as your remarks here demonstrate).
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fuzzfactor
382 days ago
Just the regular ordinary DOS limitation . . .
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atmanactive
382 days ago
8 + 3 = 11
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