> I have this here floppy disk formatted for dos, with an entire website > on it. According to readings under both Windows and Linux it is 41% full.
Hmm. The way you describe it there's probably two places where you're losing space: 1) ext2fs needs somewhat more overhead than FAT does 2) ext2fs is reserving areas for root, typically 5%, although that is configurable. If you're intending the disk to be a one-shot (you're not going to be adding files once you've put the contents there) you can get away with setting the reserved percentage to zero. But you still have the extra overhead that maybe getting in the way, and for a low-use diskette ext2fs is probably overkill, although you still have the permissions, which is probably a good thing. You might as well go back to using FAT for floppies - it's not at all good for hard disks, but OK for floppies if you don't think the permissions are necessary. Minix is possible, but I'm not sure most Mandrake kernels ship with minix enabled -- probabbly most people don't use it that often. Another option is that you can tar your archive directly to the diskette, bypassing any file system at all. Tar would basically treat your diskette media as a (smallish) tape. Then to get at your files, you simply untar from the diskette like you would a tape drive. This is a good move when you have a set of data that is close to a diskette's worth of capacity (if less, you lose space) and in situations when you are just planning on taking the data off the diskette. I don't think Windows is going to like either of these approaches. > Graham Watkins
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