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Old 05-12-2012, 03:05 AM   #1
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Question .img file with no-fragments, why?


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I found that in fedora all .img files like inird.img and efidisk.img are created using with no-fragments agrument that passeed to mksquashfs. Why? Is it mandatory parameter or not?
 
Old 05-13-2012, 06:21 PM   #2
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If you use the -no-fragments option you're wanting faster I/O rather than a smaller image - the opposite option is -always-use-fragments.
 
  


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