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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But the problem isn't in Fat32 itself, as you can format larger disks in that format just fine

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes, the final line of my comment explains that, it's just that the cluster size in Fat32 has a lower bound so if you have files smaller than the cluster then they take a whole cluster, and that can lead to cluster slack that is vast majority wasted space.