| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 15 Aug 2000 at 09:09:24 |
| Subject: | Re: SFS + 3.5 |
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, T & A Szymczak wrote:
> On 14-Aug-00, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
> > It may appear to give you less usable space on a freshly formatted
> > partition, but in fact you usually get slightly more.
>
> Hmmm, if it is indeed a "fact" then shouldn't one *always* get slightly
> more?
The directory requirements of a partition full of data depend ontthe type of
files. FFS is particularly inefficient when working with small files, so the
difference is most pronounced there. The opposite, a partition containing a
single large file, such as an ISO image, would show insignificant differences.
So yes, it is a fact, but part opf the fact is that the difference is dependent
on the circumstances.