Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media
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@scottalanmiller said
" On several versions of RedHat Enterprise Linux and Fedora, corruption in this file can cause the size to be misrepresented. This has no effect on the real space used by the file, as reported by the du command."
Who said that? That's totally wrong. It's space is not misrepresented, it's not a bug. Someone is confused. ls and du show different things, both are correct.
Also, in the XS bug link I posted above.
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A good definition of why it is not a bug:
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@BRRABill said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
@scottalanmiller said
" On several versions of RedHat Enterprise Linux and Fedora, corruption in this file can cause the size to be misrepresented. This has no effect on the real space used by the file, as reported by the du command."
Who said that? That's totally wrong. It's space is not misrepresented, it's not a bug. Someone is confused. ls and du show different things, both are correct.
Also, in the XS bug link I posted above.
I feel that that bug report is in error. This is not a bug, it is intentional and purposeful. It's well known to Linux admins, if they both showed the same size, it would be a bug.
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@scottalanmiller said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
@BRRABill said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
@scottalanmiller said
" On several versions of RedHat Enterprise Linux and Fedora, corruption in this file can cause the size to be misrepresented. This has no effect on the real space used by the file, as reported by the du command."
Who said that? That's totally wrong. It's space is not misrepresented, it's not a bug. Someone is confused. ls and du show different things, both are correct.
Also, in the XS bug link I posted above.
I feel that that bug report is in error. This is not a bug, it is intentional and purposeful. It's well known to Linux admins, if they both showed the same size, it would be a bug.
Stupid Internet.
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@BRRABill said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
BTW, here is the directory this morning.
Apparently it CREATES the files each day, but does nothing with them.
There is still that 38M lastlog file, but I think that is a bug in XS7. (Or Linux itself.)
https://bugs.xenserver.org/browse/XSO-534That's just a fake bug report from someone who didn't know Linux logging a bug because they were confused. The first comment answers why the reporter is confused. The bug is not assigned because there isn't any bug.
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@BRRABill said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
@scottalanmiller said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
@BRRABill said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
@scottalanmiller said
" On several versions of RedHat Enterprise Linux and Fedora, corruption in this file can cause the size to be misrepresented. This has no effect on the real space used by the file, as reported by the du command."
Who said that? That's totally wrong. It's space is not misrepresented, it's not a bug. Someone is confused. ls and du show different things, both are correct.
Also, in the XS bug link I posted above.
I feel that that bug report is in error. This is not a bug, it is intentional and purposeful. It's well known to Linux admins, if they both showed the same size, it would be a bug.
Stupid Internet.
This is one of those "searching on it isn't useful, you have to study it in a structured way" to learn about it properly.
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@scottalanmiller said
That's just a fake bug report from someone who didn't know Linux logging a bug because they were confused. The first comment answers why the reporter is confused. The bug is not assigned because there isn't any bug.
Ahhh, you have to log in to read comments.
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@BRRABill said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
@scottalanmiller said
That's just a fake bug report from someone who didn't know Linux logging a bug because they were confused. The first comment answers why the reporter is confused. The bug is not assigned because there isn't any bug.
Ahhh, you have to log in to read comments.
Oh, I must be logged in by default.
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I added sparse files and lastlog to the SAM Linux guide so that I remember to cover them in a upcoming installment.
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@scottalanmiller said in Final Call ... XenServer Boot Media:
I added sparse files and lastlog to the SAM Linux guide so that I remember to cover them in a upcoming installment.
You are going to have to make a chapter called BRRABill Questions/Requests.
