On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 11:13 PM David <bouncingc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 at 12:59, Default User <hunguponcont...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Then I try to use rsync to make an identical copy of backup device MSD1 > on an absolutely identical 4-Tb external usb hard drive, > > labeled MSD2, using this command: > > > > sudo rsync -aAXHxvv --delete --info=progress2,stats2,name2 > /media/default/MSD1/ /media/default/MSD2 > > > > Here's the problem. Although the size and number of items in each > subdirectory on MSD1 and MSD2 seem to be identical, more space in total > seems to be taken up on MSD2 than on MSD1: > > I suggest to try adding option -S to rsync, and see if that makes > any difference. It might only affect the creation of new files, I'm > unsure about that aspect. > Hi David, thanks for the reply. I really don't know anything about sparse blocks, but I will check it out and give it a try.
