Re: [LI] dos partition cp problem

[Shourya Sarcar <sarcar@xxxxxxxx>]

Groping on this, but 1 reason could be that the minimum allocation unit
on
Linux and Windows is different.
In Linux ext2fs, I think it is 1 KB while in Windows it is dependent on
whether you have a 32 bit FAT or a 16 bit FAT . You will notice that
even a
very small file in windows does take up SOME space (obviously) larger
than
its actual size !

Please correct me if I am wrong

Regards
Shourya Sarcar

Chetan Gopal Kashinath wrote:

> hi there,
>     i had some important files to be copied from a linux partition to a
> dos partition .. when i did this i see that the file size is not the
> same in these diff file systems..... is this natural or is there some
> error during copying..... i used cp -r to copy a directory ......
>
>     the problem is a 5kb file in linux is reported as 15kb in dos
> partition < used du to check this > but a directory if 15526kb in linux
> is reported as 15470kb in dos partition... any thing to say here ??
>
> bye
> chetu
> --
> Windows 95 is a 32 bit extension
> for a 16 bit OS
> originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor
> by a 2 bit company
> that cant stand 1 bit of competition.
>
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