On 22.09.06 09:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a strange problem: I have an iso image file which > (according to ls) is 569M in size: > > poota:~# ls -lh image.iso > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 569M 2006-09-12 15:12 image.iso ... > Then I mount the iso, loopback style: > mount image.iso temp/ -o loop ... > The relevant line from "df -h": > poota:~# df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /root/image.iso 569M 569M 0 100% /root/temp > > And the result from running "du -sh": > poota:~# du -sh temp/ > 1.1G temp/ ... > Could anyone please tell me how there can be such a huge > difference between the output from df and du?
there probably is/are sparse files (containing much of empty space which was not used on the disk) > My real problem comes when I want to remove one small file from > the file system, and turn it back into an iso - the resulting iso > image is 1.1GB (and I can no longer write it to a CD!) you probably copied the rest of files elsewhere. Copy them with --sparse=always -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. Remember half the people you know are below average. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
