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From: Kris Kirby <kris@catonic.net>
To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
Cc: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>,
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Subject: Re: 0.9 % frag
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On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> > Should I be concerned about 0.9% fragmentation?  Can fsck make it lower?

> Short answer: no, and no.
>
> For a longer answer, you have to understand a bit the way FreeBSD
> splits the disk in blocks and 'fragments', and the way those are
> allocated to data.  This is not the same "fragmentation" you might
> have heard of when learning about tools like DOS's defrag utility.

<salesman>
YES, THAT'S RIGHT! For the first time in your life YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT
DISK FRAGMENTATION.
</salesman>

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