defrag

2014-08-16 Thread Michael Havens
I have been taught that a Linux file system doesn't fragment. HOwever I'm was looking at Linux from scratch (section 6.25.2) and have discovered that isn't true. A couple of the programs the e2fsprogs installs are: *e2freefrag* Reports free space fragmentation information and *e4defrag*

Re: defrag

2014-08-16 Thread Stephen Partington
technicaly its half true. Modern Linux filesystem(s) keep fragmentation at a minimum by keeping all blocks in a file close together, even if they can't be stored in consecutive sectors. Some filesystems, like ext3, effectively allocate the free block that is nearest to other blocks in a file.

Fwd: lfs fail during 6.26

2014-08-16 Thread Michael Havens
cool! I was watching the text scroll by and noticed a red 'fail'. I tried to go up to the 'fail' but the terminal wouldn't let me and by the time it had finished the 'fail' was way past the buffer. I need to know if the following (the commands you are supposed to enter with the package) plus my

Installing VirtualBox on Mint 17 KDE failed

2014-08-16 Thread techlists
Hi, I installed Mint 17 KDE on my desktop today and man very happy so far. Trying to get virtual box running. I read that i should run the command sudo apt-get install virtualbox so I did. This is the output: eading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state

Re: Installing VirtualBox on Mint 17 KDE failed - got it installed

2014-08-16 Thread techlists
Followed this YouTube video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD4vCxtWRdk On 2014-08-16 22:43, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: Hi, I installed Mint 17 KDE on my desktop today and man very happy so far. Trying to get virtual box running. I read that i should run the command sudo

Re: Installing VirtualBox on Mint 17 KDE failed - got it installed

2014-08-16 Thread Stephen Partington
Try getting kernel headers and then try installing again. On Aug 16, 2014 9:35 PM, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: Followed this YouTube video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD4vCxtWRdk On 2014-08-16 22:43, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: Hi, I installed Mint 17 KDE on my desktop