On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 03:03:36 -0700 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 08:23:04PM -0500, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > > I just realized that I've never heard of a hard drive defragmenter > > for Linux (ext2/ext3). Do I really live under a rock, or are they > > really not used? If not, why? > > My understanding is that ext2 and ext3 do a good job at keeping > themselves from getting fragmented. This question gets asked a lot. Linux filesystems defragment themselves automatically - human intervention isn't needed. But to make it work properly, you do need to be sure that you keep some empty space (about 20%) on your partitions. The command "df -h" should tell you how much space is being used. Note that even with a Windows defragmenter, you still have this issue of needing empty space. regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
