The old non-HFS+ filesystem wastes a ton of space if you have a small
file, the minimum block size is comparatively large on the old
filesystem format.
On Jan 31, 2006, at 5:11 AM, Matthew S. Carpenter wrote:
copy a folder that is just over 100MB from my G4 to the PB3400
over Apple talk and wireless and it turns into almost 1GB on the
PB3400
full of tiny files was it?
I make a stuffit file on the G4 of the just over 100MB folder. the
stuffit file is approx 14.1MB
I would say so.
I copy the stuffit file to the PB3400 where it turns into 15MB
Yah, that's about right, I think.
There were commercial utils that would convert your HD from the one
format to the other non-destructively. I ran it on my 6400 way back
when and recovered a useful amount of space. Many 10's of megs
anyway, if not more.
You don't mention the OS of filesystem on the 3400 but I'm pretty
sure this is what you were seeing- especially with the data comparing
the folder vs. the single file.
B
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