On 01/11/04 10:48, "Larry le Mac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> From: "E. Moorhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> The desire to "DE-FRAGMENT" an OS/X'd Hard Drive, >> as one would an OS/9, is to be STRONGLY AVOIDED! > > I take your point, but I wuld like to clarfy why I asked > the question in the first place. > > I have several large disks with DATA (no System whatsoever) > and much of that data is in 700MB file sizes, and smaller files > are removed, large ones added... > > Hmm, I think you already know that bit. > > I would like to defrag those disks. > > No way does OS X handle these files/disks. Like others pointed out, Unix, at the core, has its own defragmenting routines. I wouldn't worry too much about it. You could probably do a search on the Internet to find out more about the defrag features of any flavor of Unix. -Laurent. -- ======================================================================== Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, DC, USA ************************ Usual disclaimers apply *********************** -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
