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Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 06:54:08 -0700
To: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: Randall R Schulz <rrschulz AT cris DOT com>
Subject: Re: Cygwin on FAT16 is very huge !
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Pierre,

Do you need a complete Cygwin installation? If not, trim down the set of 
installed packages.

The allocation granularity on FAT volumes depends on the volume size. The 
only way you can influence the loss due to internal fragmentation is to 
lower the volume size. Offhand, I don't know the break-over points at which 
the allocation unit size changes or the formula by which it is determined. 
No doubt that information can be found on line.

Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA


At 06:18 2002-09-02, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Can anyone explain the following strange thing :
>
>When installing Cygwin (downloaded from ftp.funet.fi on 08/23/2002) on a 
>NTFS partition (W2000 box), the full release (all packages installed) 
>occupies about 700+ MO. When installing it  on a FAT16 partition (W98 
>box), the same full release uses 1.8+ GO !
>
>I need to install the full release in less than 1 GO. How can I do that ?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help or suggestion,
>
>Pierre


Randy 


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