Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 21:21:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Seltzer <frankd@yoda.fdt.net> To: Sean Batson <valtech@caribnet.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: defrags Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960610211717.185A-100000@Kryten.nina.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960610193940.207A-100000@fb03.caribnet.net>
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On Mon, 10 Jun 1996, Sean Batson wrote: > How is fragmentation dealt with under FreeBSD? > Is there a utility for defragmenting the Hard Drive? > > The following is summary of my start up showing my disk: > > /dev/rwd0a: clean 8604 free (108 frags, 2124 blocks, 0.7% fragmentation) > /dev/rwd0s2f: clean 21384 free (148 frags, 5309 blocks, 0.1% fragmentation) > /dev/rwd0s2e: clean 12934 free (70 frags, 3216 blocks, 0.5% fragmentation) > > How do i defrag the above partitions? > > Sean Batson. > Not being a file system guru (Terry, feel free to jump in any time) I can't give you a very in-depth explanation but I can say that FreeBSD has a more intelligent file system than MSDOS and doesn't have the fragmentation problems DOS has. Why would you even want to defrag file systems with a fraction of 1 percent fragmentation anyway? Frank -- Only in America can a homeless veteran sleep in a cardboard box while a draft dodger sleeps in the White House. <unknown>
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