Re: defrag

2002-10-01 Thread Mike Dresser
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Paul Kraus wrote: > Can you defrag a Linux drive I think the partition is ext3. Do they need > deframenting? There are defragmenters, yes. Generally speaking, they don't need defragmenting, but then again, that was said about NT4 and W2k, and we both know the re

defrag

2002-10-01 Thread Paul Kraus
Can you defrag a Linux drive I think the partition is ext3. Do they need deframenting? Paul Kraus Network Administrator PEL Supply Company 216.267.5775 Voice 216-267-6176 Fax www.pelsupply.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a

Re: defrag

2002-10-01 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 03:35 PM 10/1/02 -0400, Paul Kraus wrote: >Can you defrag a Linux drive There is a Linux program called "defrag" that works with ext2 filesystems. I don't know if it works with the newer filesystems, like ext3 and reiserfs. >I think the partition is ext3. Do they need &

Re: defrag

2002-10-01 Thread James Mohr
On Tuesday 01 October 2002 21:35, Paul Kraus wrote: > Can you defrag a Linux drive I think the partition is ext3. Do they need > deframenting? > Typically there is no reason to defragement any *nix filesystem. Many are designed to keep fragmentation at a minimum and do to the nature of

RE: defrag

2002-10-01 Thread Paul Kraus
: defrag On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Paul Kraus wrote: > Can you defrag a Linux drive I think the partition is ext3. Do they > need deframenting? There are defragmenters, yes. Generally speaking, they don't need defragmenting, but then again, that was said about NT4 and W2k, and we both kn