>>> First question: is there any way to make a sparse image drive reuse space >>> in the bands when they are freed up? >>> >>> Second question: is there any way to compact a sparse image when the band >>> size used is bigger than normal? >> >> Have your tried with a non-hax0red sparse bundle using the default 8MB band >> size? > > Sure. Works. Will compact. But slow. Very slow. > > And this is a normal, supported HDI image bundle, made by the normal Apple > tools.
To clarify: with the default 8 MB band size, the same behavior of assuming that the space on the image is the same as the space on the host drive, and as far as I can tell not reusing the band space when a file is deleted off the image drive. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
