Like a moron, I requested a read-receipt with the last message I sent. Sorry!
However, I did come across a 'defrag' command by doing this: apt-cache show defrag See if that will fix your problems or not. I've never used it, but it supposedly works with ext2, minix, and xiafs. -----Original Message----- From: DePriest, Jason R. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 8:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux defragmenter? http://www.suse.co.il/sdb/en/html/ext2frag.html The last sentence from this article pretty much says it all: "Defragmentation is a waste of time" http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-partitiontip.html I also got this quote from IBM developer works: "OK, you may ask, what's the big deal? After all, ext2 filesystems take a long time to exhibit signs of fragmentation. However, I would argue that fragmentation is still a big problem, because although ext2 does not get fragmented easily, fragmentation is a one-way, cumulative process. That is, while ext2 fragments slowly, it cannot defragment itself. In other words, any often-modified ext2 filesystem will gradually get more and more fragmented, and thus slower. Even worse, there are no production-quality ext2 filesystem defragmenting programs currently available. This means that fragmentation is guaranteed to get worse over time, and the only way to fix it is to wipe the filesystem clean, and restore all the original files from a backup. That's a pretty involved and time-consuming process." -Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]