In general you should never have to defrag an ext2 filesystem. Ext2 will "defrag" itself in the course of creating and deleting file.
http://www.cbbrowne.com/info/defrag.html On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 15:23, Alexander Shaw wrote: > Hey I was close, thanks for that. > > So when exactly does it happen? > > ---------------------------------------------- > > Alexander Shaw > Agricultural Stock and Assignment Photography > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert P. J. Day > > Sent: 24 June 2002 23:09 > > To: Redhat List > > Subject: Re: Defragmenting > > > > > > On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Alexander Shaw wrote: > > > > > I'm a fairly new Linux user and in a quiet moment I suddenly > > thought about > > > defragmenting the drives on my RH 7.2 server. I did a search of > > the net and > > > from what I have read am I correct in assuming that > > defragmentation is an > > > integral part of the kernel and it happens automatically? > > > > yup, although you're better off describing it as an integral part > > of the ext2 filesystem. > > > > rday > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > --- > > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.372 / Virus Database: 207 - Release Date: 20/06/2002 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.372 / Virus Database: 207 - Release Date: 20/06/2002 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
