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Note the image in the link
Selecting all of the files within the disc reports that the space occupied by those files is 1.12GB
The ?disc?, however, reports that only a modest 468MB is used.
This disc is one of many examples of a CD-ROM holding more than what is physically possible out of Microsoft's MSDN library.. the contents of the disc is 'Windows 2000 Versions', which lends to include Professional, Server, and Advanced Server Windows 2000 installation files.
The reasons for this are obvious.
Windows 2000 installation files are similar, regardless of which degree of the OS is used; there are only slight differences on the file level between an Advanced install and a Professional install.
So, whats happening on the disc is something I can most closely relate to symbolic links in a Unix environment. The same set of sectors are being accessed on the disc, with only a different path name while at the same time appearing as the exact same file.. basically, a shortcut. (A Network Appliance filer would have similar concepts within the scope of 'Snapshots'.. to a degree.. sort of)
The question is: How can I craft a CD that would have these same characteristics?
Note the image in the link
Selecting all of the files within the disc reports that the space occupied by those files is 1.12GB
The ?disc?, however, reports that only a modest 468MB is used.
This disc is one of many examples of a CD-ROM holding more than what is physically possible out of Microsoft's MSDN library.. the contents of the disc is 'Windows 2000 Versions', which lends to include Professional, Server, and Advanced Server Windows 2000 installation files.
The reasons for this are obvious.
Windows 2000 installation files are similar, regardless of which degree of the OS is used; there are only slight differences on the file level between an Advanced install and a Professional install.
So, whats happening on the disc is something I can most closely relate to symbolic links in a Unix environment. The same set of sectors are being accessed on the disc, with only a different path name while at the same time appearing as the exact same file.. basically, a shortcut. (A Network Appliance filer would have similar concepts within the scope of 'Snapshots'.. to a degree.. sort of)
The question is: How can I craft a CD that would have these same characteristics?