Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:26:11 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net>, FreeBSD Users Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: defrag Message-ID: <44vehky518.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20070302085100.125cf488@localhost> (Norberto Meijome's message of "Fri\, 2 Mar 2007 08\:51\:00 %2B1100") References: <539c60b90703010849x33dd4bbbt8f6ca6aa0c8e83a0@mail.gmail.com> <20070301192109.A24369@chylonia.3miasto.net> <20070302085100.125cf488@localhost>
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Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> writes: > On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:22:32 +0100 (CET) > Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> wrote: > >> backup+restore will be defrag > > you mean : backup, format, (reinstall if needed, depending on method of backup) > and restore - or simply restore on top (if you backed up everything and can > access your drive offline). > > simply overwriting the existing files won't change anything, would it? You'd > need a clean slate to do a defrag this way... Right. That's what the "-r" flag to restore(8) is for.
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