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- Tue Jun 16, 2020 9:00 pm
- Forum: Linux
- Topic: sym-links on exFAT
- Replies: 17
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Re: sym-links on exFAT
I checked out the SD Installer and it looks like BlockSize is not specified. So it'll just use the default you listed there. The main issue you have with BlockSize is it's a compromise between used space per file and read/write speeds. If Blocks are large, then large files read/write faster but small files take up more space. If blocks are small, t...
- Mon Jun 15, 2020 3:48 pm
- Forum: Linux
- Topic: sym-links on exFAT
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12527
Re: sym-links on exFAT
The only issue with symlinks is that each file will occupy the size of one block on the SD Card (128K for SD cards larger than 32GB). Sadly, this cannot be avoided as there is a strict 1 file per block limitation and symlink files are usually less than 100 bytes. Therefore symlinks on MiSTer right now only save space if the file is greater than 128K.
- Sun Jun 14, 2020 5:00 pm
- Forum: Linux
- Topic: Organize MiSTer's _Arcade directory based on MRA Metadata with symlinks
- Replies: 12
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Re: Organize MiSTer's _Arcade directory based on MRA Metadata with symlinks
This script results in a folder that takes up an unusually large amount of space. From a fresh install, the _Organized folder eats up 416 MB of space, which is more than double the space all the cores use up. I wrote up an issue about it here: https://github.com/MAME-GETTER/_arcade- ... r/issues/6