> Ok. How about this: since even FAT32 is really FAT28, change the current
> inode generation scheme to generate inode numbers greater than 2^28, and
> use it only for empty files; for everything else, use the cluster number.
>
> Would this work? It seems quite reasonable to me.
No, it will not work. Empty file may become non-empty and vice versa.
Inumber shouldn't change. Please, look into the archives - all this stuff
had been discussed *many* times back in January.
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