MFS root filesystem and static binaries size

[Rick Miller]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Stanislav Zaharov
<root.vagner at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a question regarding the mfsroot file system organization on
> installation cd.
> How is it possible that we have bigger binary files in ls list while actual
> occupied space is less. But when we try to copy these files on similar
> filesystem using cp or dd the actual used space is bigger?

They are hardlinks.

I have a blog post at
http://blog.hostileadmin.com/2012/08/21/automating-generation-of-the-mfsroot-gz/
that touches on the subject...read the comments starting at line #76.

-- 
Take care
Rick Miller