Obscure DOS question

[Tom Peters]

Why can't you create a subdirectory? If you fudge it somehow, chkdsk will 
say that it's broken and offer to fix it.


At 03:48 PM 3/28/2005 -0800, you wrote:

>MS-DOS 3.3 has a limit of 512 entries in the root directory.  I have a
>need to put more than this.
>
>Was there ever a way to put more than 512 files in the root directory?
>Some sort of patch or utility?
>
>Did previous or subsequent versions of MS-DOS allow more entries in the
>root?
>
>Another question:
>
>When using the SUBST command in MS-DOS, you cannot aparently substitute
>the C: drive.  I seem to recall that MS-DOS 6.0 allowed this, although I
>might be confusing that with the ability of LANtastic to redirect the C:
>drive to a network drive.
>
>At any rate, what I'm trying to do is overcome the limit of 512 file
>entries in an MS-DOS 3.3 root directory.
>
>Does anyone know how to accomplish this?
>
>Thanks!
>
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