Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 12:44:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> Cc: manning@bear.cs.zorg.edu, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Defragmentation program/port Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980426124332.334Q-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980426130904.338A-100000@ppp6540.on.bellglobal.com>
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On Sun, 26 Apr 1998, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > On Sun, 26 Apr 1998, Chuck Robey wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Apr 1998 manning@bear.cs.zorg.edu wrote: > > > Is there a program or a port that you can use to defragment your hard- > > > drive? Like defrag for dos? > [...] > > made very much of a performance difference ... probably relying on folks > > not understanding the underlying differences in the dos and ffs > > filesystems. > > IOW, effectively handles defragmentation automatically. :-) Not with 100 percent effectiveness, but very good. The smallish remainder is the reason the companies offering the unix defraggers exist. IMO without good reason, but they exist. > > > -- > Only two other people have a .sig like this one. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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