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On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:29:18 +0000, Fernando Meira wrote: |
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> # df |
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> /dev/hda1 10080488 4406076 5162344 47% /mnt/gentoo |
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> /dev/hda4 4763112 3948116 814996 83% /mnt/old |
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> With exactly the same things in both sides, it seems that ext3 requires |
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> *much* more space ~450M. |
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> Can this be right, or I messed up somewhere...?? |
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It's right if you have a lot of small files. Reiserfs uses tail packing |
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(unless mounted with the notail option) to greatly reduce the amount of |
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space occupied by small files, at the expense of some performance. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Just don't give away the homeworld! |
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