Re: FAST EDDIE (="Bernie ][ The Rescue")

[GUDATH@EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH (Henrik 'Ratte' Gudat)]

In <5f3fu1$lem@news.stolaf.edu> Peter writes:

> In <9702260438.06IG600@techall.wa.com> norman.dodge@techall.wa.com writes:
> > I wiped out my first virtual dist that I wa using for fasteddy and they
> 
> Speaking of which, what do those virtual disks contain in the free
> space?  I assumed they'd hold 00's, but when I compressed (with
> StuffIt) my 10MB virtual disk, it only came down to 8 or so MB (and it
> was only 2MB full).  Any ideas?

Dear Peter,

Bernie does not "security erase" a volume. when initializing a disk in the gs
Finder, I guess it only writes the disk structure and there you go. All
remaining blocks contain just garbage. ("Initializing" actually does not
include  erasing all blocks - that's one by formatting a disk.)

You can, of course, erase the whole disk which will result in much better
comrpession ratios when stuffing them.

- henrik