[Sorry for the top post, I'm on my blackberry...] It's sparse files being expanded. When using tar for making backups, you should use "--sparse" or "-S".
------Original Message------ From: xinglp Sender: lfs-support-boun...@linuxfromscratch.org To: lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org ReplyTo: LFS Support List Subject: lfs backup, but size changed. Sent: Oct 26, 2010 11:31 When I finished the lfs build, install some extra software, do some config. I use "tar -jcf ../lfs-someday.tar.bz2 *" to backup it. and then restore it to another part by "tar -xf ../lfs-someday.tar.bz2 ../somewhere". Then I use df to check the size of them. The restored lfs is bigger than where it backup from, about 30MB. But when use "cp -a" copy it to new place, they are the same size. Where is my wrong? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
