On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 03:47, Kordula Martin wrote: > Hi all, > > being real new to Debian, and fairly new to Linux, I have the following > questions - > > I have 3.0r1 Woody installed with ext3 file systems and would like to > periodically check, and then defrag, the file system(s). > > 1. How (and what is the best way) to do this?
You don't need to defragment files unless you use DOS/Windows filesystems like FAT or NTFS. > 2. Other distributions I've had installed, run a file system check at > bootup. Why not Debian? Debian most certainly will/does do fsck at boot time, just not every time. Imagine how long boots would be with modern-sized disks. Look at the tune2fs mn page, and search for the -c and -i options, for the reason. To force an fsck on the next boot, "# touch /forcefsck". See /etc/init.d/checkroot.sh for example. > 3. How can I setup Debian to check at bootup? See answer #2. > Thanks in advance! > Kordula -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA Spit in one hand, and wish for peace in the other. Guess which is more effective... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
