On Tue, 8 May 2007, John Summerfield wrote: > btw You can create sparse files in the first place: > dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/ext-fs seek=$((4*1024*1024)) count=0 > mke2fs -F -q /tmp/ext-fs I understood that using sparse files will significantly slow down the xenu for the first time, as it keeps growing the fs allocation underneath it. Paul -- Fedora-xen mailing list Fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen