> You don't need to. You only need to defragment your disk if your > operating system is incapable of keeping the fragmentation under > control, and Linux does not suffer from this problem.
Many people say so, but it is not true. Ext2 takes some precautions to reduce fragmentation a bit (in comparison with (V)FAT), but ext2 can't prevent it. And it is not a feature of 'Linux' it is a feature of the filesystem. Jiann-Ming Su posted a link, which talks about two possibilities to defragment your discs: either use defrag (but make a backup before!) or just make a backup, clean your partitions and restore the backup. I did the last thing (after using my system for ~2 years for ~10 hours a day, making updates every day) and my system booted about 30% faster. Now, after a year or so, it seems to be time to do it again (booting became slower and slower). Regards, Tim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
