On Apr 21, 2009, at 3:19 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
> > Doesn't the OS have to use the blocks as it finds them? Admittedly > bigger > drives have more room so may minimize fragmentation. But I am not > sure how > the OS itself minimizes fragmentation unless there is code to make the > program look for the largest contiguous area to write onto. And that's exactly what it does. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
