Hi,
On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Graeme L. Smith wrote:
>
> Thanks to everybody for the advice on internet browsers... Lynx is
> working a treat!
>
> Now I have a couple of questions about filesystems....
>
>
> If a drive is partitioned as a Linux Swap should a filesystem be created
> on it? (I have never made a filesystem on mine, but it appears to be
> working)
No, I mean not explicit. When you want to set up a swap partition, you
do a 'mkswap /dev/*', and then a 'swapon /dev/*'. In order to make it
permanent, you make an entry in '/etc/fstab' which states that /dev/* is a
swap partition, and then call 'swapon' from one of the scripts in
'/etc/rc.d/'. So you make a 'filesystem' only the first time, and after
that you only 'activate' the swap partition.
> Also, does fsck take care on Non-contiguous blocks on a hd or is there
> another utility to take care of this problem....
Linux (ext2) has a very clever way of arranging files (blocks), so that
the drives aren't fragmented. For example, on a file server, after two
years of intense use, the fragmentation is around 3%. So don't worry. In
fact, I've seen a defragmentation utility, but it was very unstable
(can't remember the name, sorry - check ftp.deltanet.ro/pub/Linux/).
Have fun,
bogdan
>
> Regards,
>
> Graeme.
>
>
