[SLUG] Difference between vfat and ext3 filesizes.

[Michael Kraus]

G'day all..

 

 

I've a Win95 HD (from another machine) that I'm wanting to back up, and I've placed it into a Linux box.

 

Now, when I mount the vfat filesystem and copy it to a directory on the ext3 filesystem (using `cp -a <src> <dest>`) all seems to go well.

 

However - `du -h <vfat partition>` reports 3.1G being used whilst `du -h <ext3 copy directory>` reports that there is 3.0G being used.

 

Did something fail to copy or is this difference due to filesystem differences?

 

Thanks...

 

Mike

 

Michael S. E. Kraus

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