[Tfug] Defrag a disk

[Jim March]

Ext3 partitions don't need defragging.

SOME of the other partition types do - not ReiserFS, but XFS and I
*think* JFS can get fragmented.

Then again...if you're new enough to be asking this question, you
should be using Ext3 for your primary Linux partition, plus a swap
partition (it's a special type of it's own) plus small Fat32
partitions to do transfers with Windows/Mac users and NTFS for
anything Windows2000/XP/Vista will be accessing.

Jim

On 9/10/07, Paul Lemmons <paul at lemmons.name> wrote:
> -------- Original Message  --------
> Subject: [Tfug] Defrag a disk
> From: "jblais" <joe.blais at pti-instruments.com>
> To: "Tfug" <tfug at tfug.org>
> Date: 09/10/2007 01:47 PM
> > Hello -
> >
> > In winders, it's a good thing to defrag disks every now and then.
> >
> > Is that true for Linux, and if so, how is it done?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Joe
> >
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> Two useful pages that may answer your question...
>
> http://geekblog.oneandoneis2.org/index.php/2006/08/17/why_doesn_t_linux_need_defragmenting
>
> http://cbbrowne.com/info/defrag.html
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