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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jmullenberg" data-source="post: 867509" data-attributes="member: 54519">Thanks for the reply, however, when working with large files it can take a long time to create the image and copy the files, and there is no status displayed.  With the previous method, i can create a log file to periodically check the size of the image while its being created, then mount the image, and copy the files, again periodically logging the available space left on the image.  (all while displaying the log on my desktop with geektool)With the method you provided, i can still log the creation of the image, but not the copying of the files, because I don't think there is a way to get the available space of an image without mounting it.-- update --I do think i have it working just by adding about 5% to the size of the image, however it is kind of a waste of disk space.</blockquote>