site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=rPZg7OITA/vVdZM+9clYsOBnBLuzRaRGqrimIHItBIA=; b=t4lRt2npOBXeDQgxuNRoA1/u5YPA8gk6CPV7z9yfTk5ipKTu5O7Vq1eflwQcF2N38pySXydlQ0k9HAhWjgKgPh/46pVLkn35E9S8zkxoXS0qXImfH3cVxMP69yB+0hZMPSM/2FHtVJ6WiLSK7tFM2SVzq3T2vZyspOfOGEbZYS4= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=EwWUuC/z+4pmPlbJEnlhXLFoTcmHBBUCcBQplAaW7aR5BUmJDs/lDfDs0RlPaTOKJPKTax1P//2nBlH8CYaEBwMt38/1FDjxJG8yZ8qsuFdDYRHqkTgjTHe7nDlMVHNNeclsG9ZZNPy9sPQzToNNBnzcB9jdQpaECxsylQxmqbM= Yeah, I thought about that but you can't put a 16TB file in a sparse image (the image grows, even if the file contains only zeroes). Sparse files would be great but unfortunately HFS+ doesn't support them. On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Quinn <eskimo1@apple.com> wrote:
At 15:47 +0200 21/2/08, Valentin Slavov wrote:
I need to develop a virtual block device which will be used for testing filesystem operations with files larger than 16TB or so.
Is there a reason why you can't use a sparse disk image to do this?
S+E -- Quinn "The Eskimo!" <http://www.apple.com/developer/> Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware
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