Wayne,
You just don't have to worry about fragmentation with ext2.
The file sysssstem space allocation algorithm operates to minimise
fragmentation.
The final line of e2fsck will tell you the % of fragmentation, and
there is a defrag utility (that I have never managed to get to work).
So just forget about it! The technology has come a long way since
MS's ancient and ill-designed FAT file systems.
Wayne wrote:
>
> Just a qucik non-help related email. How does Linux deal with thinigs like
> fragmentation on your hard disks? Does it suffer the same problems wind'ohs
> does or is this rectified by the FS itself or during boot? I have looked for
> some docs but cant find anything about it. Would appreciate any insight into
> the FS
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Regards,
Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
