Errrr...roger, this it the 8th copy of this that i've received from you today.
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > > This is interesting: > > When I have some images (over 587000 of them) on a ext3-format partition, > they take 19737878 bytes (19.7 GB). When these same files are on a vfat > partition, they take 27154592 (27.1 GB). Same images. Just copied freshly to > the windows disk, so there is no fragmentation. > > I guess this is because linux file systems (all?) only take roughly the > space needed for each file, no matter what the size. Windows vfat takes 64K > for each file, even if it is 1 byte in size. The images are mainly under > 64K, so the amount of each file that is under 64 K is wasted on the disk by > windows. > > And you wonder why we don't like windows. And disk sellers love it. > > Of course, NTFS is supposed to be better about this, but I won't test it. > > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
