[Pkg-uml-commit] r122 - trunk/src/uml-utilities/debian

[Mattia Dongili]

Author: malattia
Date: 2006-06-02 17:43:35 +0000 (Fri, 02 Jun 2006)
New Revision: 122

Modified:
   trunk/src/uml-utilities/debian/uml_mkcow.sgml
   trunk/src/uml-utilities/debian/uml_moo.sgml
Log:
mention COW advantages and tricks

Modified: trunk/src/uml-utilities/debian/uml_mkcow.sgml
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/uml-utilities/debian/uml_mkcow.sgml	2006-06-02 16:47:18 UTC (rev 121)
+++ trunk/src/uml-utilities/debian/uml_mkcow.sgml	2006-06-02 17:43:35 UTC (rev 122)
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@
     COW (Copy-On-Write) files without the need to run the full UML kernel.
     </para>
 
+    <para>NOTE: you can save a lot of disk space using COW files.
+    When checking the size of the COW file in order to see the gobs
+    of space that you're saving, make sure you use 'ls -ls' to see the actual
+    disk consumption rather than the length of the file. The COW file is
+    sparse, so the length will be very different from the disk usage.</para>
+
   </refsect1>
   <refsect1>
     <title>OPTIONS</title>

Modified: trunk/src/uml-utilities/debian/uml_moo.sgml
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/uml-utilities/debian/uml_moo.sgml	2006-06-02 16:47:18 UTC (rev 121)
+++ trunk/src/uml-utilities/debian/uml_moo.sgml	2006-06-02 17:43:35 UTC (rev 122)
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@
     to a new backing file.  This can be used periodically to update
     the backing file with the changes made in the COW file.</para>
 
+    <para>NOTE: you can save a lot of disk space using COW files.
+    When checking the size of the COW file in order to see the gobs
+    of space that you're saving, make sure you use 'ls -ls' to see the actual
+    disk consumption rather than the length of the file. The COW file is
+    sparse, so the length will be very different from the disk usage.</para>
+
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>