On Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:51:14 -0800 Dick Steffens <[email protected]> dijo:
>On 12/09/2013 09:32 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> I have been configuring my new System76 Bonobo Extreme computer. In >> the process I have moved all the distro ISOs that I keep for the >> Clinic. To be sure that I have all of them properly moved to the new >> computer I right clicked on each folder to check its properties, >> which tells me how many files and the total size of the folder. For >> some reason the files appear to have grown during the move: >> >> Old New >> Debian 10.9GB 11.7GB >> DSL 49.9MB 52.3MB >> Fedora 15.7GB 16.8GB >> Knoppix 701MB 735MB >> Mint 9.2GB 9.9GB >> Puppy 156MB 163.7MB >> Ubuntu 52.2GB 56.0GB >> >> I find this very strange. Does anyone have any idea why this should >> be? > >I may be totally in left field, but I have a recollection about block >sizes being somewhat arbitrary from one distro to another. Could that >account for the difference? It's a good theory. The old computer had a 320 GB hard disk and the new one has a 1 TB hard disk. I suppose it's possible that they have different block sizes. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
