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'''Sparse file''' is a file that contains blocks of zeroes that are not allocated on disk (see [[w:Sparse file]]). By design, ploop images can't contain such non-allocated blocks.

Since [[Download/ploop/1.10|ploop-1.10]], ploop images are checked for being sparse and are automatically fixed on mount, in case DiskDescriptor.xml is used. Otherwise, you can use <code>ploop check --repair-sparse</code> to check for and repair such images.

cat root.hdd > root.hdd2 && mv root.hdd2 root.hdd

== See also ==

* [[Ploop]]

* [[w:Sparse file]]

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