Size on disk > > Total size of files

[lmlearner]

A 13 KB file shows total size of files: 13 and size on disk: 196 KB!! Why is it so?

Please take a look at this question of mine too: Cannot change wallpaper Openbox viewtopic.php?f=90&t=97853

Thanks.

[xenopeek]

Can you share terminal output or screenshots of this?

How much space a file will take on disk depends on the block size used. If you have a very large block size, small files will always be the minimum of one such block in size on disk (the file itself can be smaller, it is just that it will always take one block minimum to store a file; hence a difference between the file's size and the file's size on disk).

[lmlearner]

Not sure if I can post images inline. Screenshot: http://i39.tinypic.com/2u4hg9j.png

As for the block size, I've heard about it. In Windows it's 4 KB and that's why a text file of size 2KB takes up 4KB on the hard disk, right?

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aswin@aswin-Inspiron-1440 ~ $ inxi -Fc 0
System:    Host aswin-Inspiron-1440 Kernel 3.0.0-12-generic i686 (32 bit)
           Desktop LXDE (Openbox 3.5.0) Distro Linux Mint 12 LXDE
Machine:   System Dell (portable) product Inspiron 1440
           Mobo Dell model 0K138P Bios Dell version A07 date 12/21/2009
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo CPU P7450 (-MCP-) cache 3072 KB flags (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3)
           Clock Speeds: (1) 800.00 MHz (2) 2134.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
           X.Org 1.10.4 drivers intel unloaded: fbdev,vesa Resolution 1366x768@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer Mesa DRI Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version 2.1 Mesa 7.11
Audio:     Card Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver HDA Intel Sound: ALSA v: 1.0.24
Network:   Card-1 Intel WiFi Link 5100 driver iwlagn
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 00:24:d6:78:20:be
           Card-2 Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller driver r8169
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: a4:ba:db:93:40:cf
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 500.1GB (61.1% used) 1: /dev/sda ST9500325AS 500.1GB
Partition: ID:/ size: 11G used: 3.5G (41%) fs: btrfs ID:/home size: 11G used: 3.5G (41%) fs: btrfs
           ID:swap-1 size: 0.19GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors:   Error: You do not have the sensors app installed.
Info:      Processes 145 Uptime 8:41 Memory 268.2/3495.2MB Client Shell inxi 1.7.7

[lmlearner]

Here is the properties window showing the size of root directory as 332GB and size on disc 2.6TB. I've installed LM12 on a 11.1 GB partition and 4.3GB is free space. All data can be seen in this image: http://i42.tinypic.com/acvps6.png
Total hard disk size: 500GB