On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 09:49:11PM +0000, Christian Lavoie wrote: > I've got a single ext2fs partition, so it is the root partition. > That's the one I need to defrag/scan, so even having it mounted as > read only won't help. (At least for the defrag) > > So as far as I can tell I need either: > - A win95/dos based tool to defragment a linux partition (yeah right) > - A floppy (or CD-ROM) based dist that won't access my HD at all. (And > has the adequate tools) > - Another computer with linux installed. (Forget it) > - A way to boot without any root partition. > > But then, how does UNIX administrator were dealing with such issues? > How can one scan and/or defrag a ext2fs?
Hmmm. I think you should be able to defrag the root while it's mounted read-only, as long as the defrag tool knows to flush the cache afterwards. You can fsck the root while it's mounted no problem. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
