> 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. You're right for fsck, but not for defrag. So the problem still stands.
