From: compwiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> What packages are used to repair logical disk errors
The "fsck" program, which generally runs the "e2fsck" program.
This will happen automaticaly when the system boots after crashing, etc.
You generally don't have to concern yourself with it unless something
is going wrong with your system and it stops on boot-up with a serious
disk problem.
> and to defragment my Linux partition?
There has been a defragmenter available, but I don't recommend it.
First, the ext2fs filesystem we use is a high-performance filesystem
and doesn't fragment at the drop of a hat the way the DOS FAT
filesystem does. It uses "cylinder groups" to allocate
rotationaly-optimal blocks to your file. After years of operation your
ext2fs filesystem will probably be less than 5% fragmented - mine seem
to be less than 1%.
If you do want to defragment any partition, the best way is to:
1. Back it up (using anything _but_ a block-device copy).
2. Make a new filesystem.
3. Restore the backup to the new filesystem.
However, you generally won't need to bother with this.
Thanks
Bruce
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