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On Wednesday 13 April 2005 17:37, James Keasley wrote:
Ext2 (and Ext3, reiserfs etc) don't actually ever need to be defragmented, as when they were designed someone actually thought about it, and used a worst fit algorithm, so that files didn't get split up and spread across non-consecutive disk-sectors as often as they do in windows.
Could someone please explain what the "non-continuous" figures given by fsck mean? I've always thought they referred to fragmentation, but as James says above, Linux FSes don't need defragmenting... Cheers, David. -- David Johnson www.david-web.co.uk - My Personal Website www.ethereye.org.uk - EtherEye Network Host Checker www.penguincomputing.co.uk - Need a Web Developer? -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html