On 3/2/06, Phil Smith III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is that a trick question? I'd use it when I define a new, identical virtual > machine, including the Linux content. I can't get the Linux content from > CMS, but I can get the virtual machine definition from Linux. Mostly. > Except for the virtual machine size (OK, and the Guest LAN name and owner, > and probably a few other things, but those don't matter for the effort at > hand). So that's where I'm extracting the info.
No, it's not a trick question. I meant to show that Alan's "you do not need to know how it works because it is good like this" approach is not valid and you asking for a "formula" is natural. When we know how it works, we can predict the outcome of a change. This is why people bother to predict how many blocks a file of n records will take on disk, so that you can predict whether it will fit. Writing until it fills and bail out is not always an option. When the curves have jumps, it becomes almost impossible to aim right. In this case, you would be tempted to think 60+5 = 65 (plus a little bit) but crossing the 64M boundary makes you switch gears with some of the reservations. Rob -- Rob van der Heij Velocity Software, Inc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
