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Why would they use FAT16 for the file system? Seems limiting to me...

• DrJokepu 15y ago
  Because it's really trivial to implement. Other file systems are a lot more complex, especially to write.
  • marshray 15y ago
    It's also well supported by boot media like .isos, USB, network, etc.
• jasongullickson 15y ago
  There's probably little need for the overhead associated with other filesystems (security, multi-user support, crash recovery, etc.). Personally I would have preferred a custom filesystem designed for the application but I can see the convenience of being FAT-compatible. I wouldn't expect these nodes to keep much data locally (if any).
• maartenscholl 15y ago
  The bootloader for the kernel (called Pure64) requires this. They chose FAT16 because it's compatible with most operating systems and also not unimportant; it's relatively easy to implement.