When creating partitioned drives in various Wx OS versions partition size determines the minimum amount of disk space allocated allocated per small file, record, etc. Typically 4K up to 64K. This means that for a large number of small files placed on a very large partition there is a tremendous amount of wasted space.
1. Being new to Linux can anyone provide information on the way space is allocated on a linux partition, by sector, by groups of sectors (lumps, granules, etc.), typical sector size, 256, 512, 1024, etc?
2. Iin Linux, can file size exceed the 4Gig limit of non-NTFS files/records in Wx OS versions?
3. When saving a new file to a fragmented disk when various small files have been deleted leaving a large number of small spaces available on the disk is there a master sector record of these vacancies where direction to the next file segment is located or is the information for the next location stored in the data of the currently being read portion?
4. When using long file names, exceeding 13 characters in various version of Wx, do additional directory locations get opened to handle the extended file name information? In Wx this is very important in the root level as there is only a limited number of directory entries available. When in a folder this restriction is removed but when the total number of characters in the path become to numerous problems show up when trying to burn CD or DVD backups.
5. In Wx ZoneAlarm is an effective software firewall helping to secure the user from outside attacks, note the word helping, as well as making it more difficult for legitimate software on the system to access the internet without permission. Is there a similar program available for Lx machines or a way, other than programmin - my programming days ended about the time Wx became popular- to create a similar protection?
While these are being directed to the Ubuntu group I realize they tend to be generic type questions and should apply to many distros but Kubuntu or Ubuntu
are presently being considered for my small home/office for use on the server & destops. There are some apps that I must use that will not likely work on an Lx platform but wherever I an I intend to more as far from Wx as possible. For those requiring Wx I will be trying to setup a Wx virtual machine on the Lx base. I will also be needing to share files, printers, etc. between the Wx & Lx platforms.
I hope this is not to much for a single post but any help will be greatly appreciated. I presently use FF, TB & OO on the Wx platform so those will move to Lx "seamlessly" I hope.
James
1. Being new to Linux can anyone provide information on the way space is allocated on a linux partition, by sector, by groups of sectors (lumps, granules, etc.), typical sector size, 256, 512, 1024, etc?
2. Iin Linux, can file size exceed the 4Gig limit of non-NTFS files/records in Wx OS versions?
3. When saving a new file to a fragmented disk when various small files have been deleted leaving a large number of small spaces available on the disk is there a master sector record of these vacancies where direction to the next file segment is located or is the information for the next location stored in the data of the currently being read portion?
4. When using long file names, exceeding 13 characters in various version of Wx, do additional directory locations get opened to handle the extended file name information? In Wx this is very important in the root level as there is only a limited number of directory entries available. When in a folder this restriction is removed but when the total number of characters in the path become to numerous problems show up when trying to burn CD or DVD backups.
5. In Wx ZoneAlarm is an effective software firewall helping to secure the user from outside attacks, note the word helping, as well as making it more difficult for legitimate software on the system to access the internet without permission. Is there a similar program available for Lx machines or a way, other than programmin - my programming days ended about the time Wx became popular- to create a similar protection?
While these are being directed to the Ubuntu group I realize they tend to be generic type questions and should apply to many distros but Kubuntu or Ubuntu
are presently being considered for my small home/office for use on the server & destops. There are some apps that I must use that will not likely work on an Lx platform but wherever I an I intend to more as far from Wx as possible. For those requiring Wx I will be trying to setup a Wx virtual machine on the Lx base. I will also be needing to share files, printers, etc. between the Wx & Lx platforms.
I hope this is not to much for a single post but any help will be greatly appreciated. I presently use FF, TB & OO on the Wx platform so those will move to Lx "seamlessly" I hope.
James
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