On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, Ian Kilgore wrote:
On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 10:09:10AM -0800, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
Anyone know why the dd copy of size 6G is not the same size
as the 10G partition?
Thanks Joe
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Joseph Mack NA3T EME(B,D), FM05lw North Carolina
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Is it a sparse file?
Is the file made by dd sparse?
I don't know. How would I tell?
It's a copy of a defragmented partition of about 3G of files
followed by 7G of NULLs.
Joe
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generator at http://www.wm7d.net/azproj.shtml
Homepage http://www.austintek.com/ It's GNU/Linux!
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