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The patents cover long file names (which are embedded in the directory using "illegal" directory entries). UEFI users (as in: OS installer) could restrain them
by pgeorgi 13y ago
The patents cover long file names (which are embedded in the directory using "illegal" directory entries).
UEFI users (as in: OS installer) could restrain themselves to FAT16 with 8.3 names (FAT16 since the boot partition is usually tiny), and I haven't seen any longer file names yet.
- zanny 13y agoOne thing to note is Windows 7 won't recognize a FAT16 formatted UEFI partition, but Windows 8 works fine. I use fat16 for my uefi partitions because I only ever add in memtest and Arch. Good job MS!