So I've been informed by more knowledgeable sources than myself. :-) I guess
I assumed that since it checks the continuity of the filesystem that it also
fixed the contiguousness of the files. Guess that's what I get for assuming.
;-)
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Gevaerts Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: linux newbie mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 1999 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: e2defrag (was: RE: fragmentation)
> On Mon, 31 May 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
>
> > What you can do is boot from your "rescue" disk, mount your linux
partition
> > and then run "e2fsck" and it'll "defrag" your system... although it sort
of
> > does that automagically at boot. It checks for how badly fragmented
> > (non-contiguous) your file system is and then when Linux decides it's
too
> > badly "fragmented" (i.e. "non-contiguous") it will auto-run e2fsck and
fix
> > your file system so that it's more contiguous.
> > John
>
> Not quite. e2fsck only checks the integrity of your filesystems, and
> doesn't care if all your files are heavily fragmented, although it prints
> out a count. You could see e2fsck as some sort of scandisk in dos/windows
>
> Frank
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Maurice Hendrix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: '@MailingList: Linux-Newbie' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, May 31, 1999 6:50 AM
> > Subject: e2defrag (was: RE: fragmentation)
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > ----------
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: 26 May 1999 02:57
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Re: fragmentation
> > > >
> > > [...]
> > > > To defrag /, you must boot up a system with a different /. If you
have
> > > > a spare partition, you can install a minimal system on it including
> > > > e2defrag, boot it, and defrag your main partition. Or you can make
a
> > > > custom rescue floppy including e2defrag, and do the same. You
should
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > I've not heard of e2defrag before. It isn't on my RH5.2 nor on my SuSE
6.1
> > > CDs. Where can I ftp it from?
> > >
> >
> >
>
