On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 18:47 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:07:13 -0500 > Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > > > If there really is overhead and other data being added, we'd like to > > know as accurately as possible the size of that added amount. > > I think it depends entirely on how many directory entries it > needs to make, etc. I don't think there is any way to predict > it. I suspect if you want to minimize ununsed space on a DVD > you may have to build an image you think will fit, discover it > is too big, remove a file and try again till it fits. > > Maybe the iso image tools should have an option to do everything > except actually write the data to the image so you can iterate > without taking up as much time (maybe they do have such an > option already - I haven't looked :-). Tom, The number of directory entries in Everything isn't that large (13). In contrast, my Cygwin repo has 3300. I'd think there would be a very exact formula for computing directory space. No? --Doc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
