[Tfug] Defragging *nix

[Jeffry Johnston]

Are you sure?  If files aren't stored contiguously, then there should be a
chance for fragmentation.  If they are stored contiguously then there can be
situations where you really did have enough free spaces on the disk for a
file but can't store it because there isn't a big enough contiguous area.

Jeff

On 10/27/07, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Some file systems need it - JFS I think?  The Ext3 and ReiserFS that
> most people use, don't.
>
> Jim
>
> On 10/27/07, Earl <earljviolet at juno.com> wrote:
> > I noticed a disk defragmenting program in the Ubuntu repositories that
> set me to wondering, "Has anyone used such a thing?  Under what
> circumstances?"
> >
> > Earl
> >
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