kaorimatz/packer-templates

what does the purpose of minimize script?

nivazri opened this issue · 3 comments

nivazri commented

packer-templates/scripts/common/minimize.sh
whats is the purpose of this script?

kaorimatz commented

It zeros out unused disk blocks so that those blocks can be removed from the underlying virtual disk.

ek9 commented

As previously explained, it removes unused space, so that the resulting image (.box file) can be better compressed. Results in smaller size .box files.

As it was answered, I suggest to close tihs.

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jcrben commented

I recommend putting this in a comment inside the file instead.