On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:27:04PM +0100, Dan Track wrote: > Hi > > I've got a xen vm file called test, if I copy it with dd I get the following > dd if=/opt/xen/test of=/opt/test-vm.img bs=4096 > du -s /opt/xen/test = 1934112 > du -s /opt/test-vm.img = 26240040 > > My question is why is the test-vm.img larger in size than the original? > Perhaps because the original file is 'sparse', i.e. it has large unused chunks in it, when originally created these will be unallocated and use no space, only when written to will the space be allocated. However when you dd the file it writes everything (including 'nul' data) to the destination file. -- Chris Green -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
