Ian Langnickel wrote:
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Subject:Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:24:52 +0200
From: Ian Langnickel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi Steef
steef wrote:
No message from ya so I presume you're wondering why he would be saying
there's a problem?
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He's partially correct and partially
Steve Lamb wrote:
steef wrote:
Vincent Lnngren wrote:
Actually, it refuses to defrag ext3 filesystems, because they have
unsupported features.
why would you do that for heaven's sake?
Vincent was replying to an old thread. Already discussed at length.
Actually, it refuses to defrag ext3 filesystems, because they have
unsupported features.
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On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 10:04:16AM +0200, Vincent Lnngren wrote:
Actually, it refuses to defrag ext3 filesystems, because they have
unsupported features.
There is no need to defrag modern *nix filesystems. Why even bother?
-Roberto
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Vincent Lnngren wrote:
Actually, it refuses to defrag ext3 filesystems, because they have
unsupported features.
why would you do that for heaven's sake?
regards,
steef
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steef wrote:
Vincent Lnngren wrote:
Actually, it refuses to defrag ext3 filesystems, because they have
unsupported features.
why would you do that for heaven's sake?
Vincent was replying to an old thread. Already discussed at length.
Check archives. :)
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On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 11:24:47PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
Package: defrag [..] Description: ext2, minix and xiafs filesystem
defragmenter Wouldn't risk it on ext3. If it shouldn't be used on
It will work fine on a cleanly-unmounted ext3 partition (e.g. with no
peding log replays).
On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 03:31:20AM +0100, Carlos Rodrigues wrote:
Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and knowledge
of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error and not distroy
my harddisk? I'll run e2fsck to check on defragmentation
Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
On Sunday 22 May 2005 03:33 pm, Bill Mair wrote:
Steve Lamb wrote:
Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and knowledge
of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error and not distroy
my harddisk?
snip
debian
Carlos Rodrigues wrote:
And after 8 years using Linux all the time, I came to find the MS-land
rituals somewhat exotic (if unix filesystems take care of themselves,
why can't the so called New Technology File System?).
It can. NTFS is a dirivative of OS/2's HPFS. HPFS didn't have a
Am 2005-05-20 17:10:25, schrieb Leonard Chatagnier:
Have read manuals and done Google Debian search but can't get e2defrag
to run on KI 2.6.8-2-686
with Ext 3 FS. Here's what I did and results:
ChatagnierL-Home:/var/log# *e2defrag -drsv /dev/hda2*
Carlos Rodrigues wrote:
The references on this are mostly highly technical, and you can find a
bunch of those by googling. But sometimes the best way to is just to
try and forget the habits learned on MS-land and adopt a wait-and-see
approach.
Just let your filesystems be, and in time you
Thanks to everyone who patiently helped me to remove all my scepticism
about defragging a linux system. I am
convinced and Carlos Rodrigues' explanation of how a linux/unix fs works
went a long way in doing this. I'm going to remove/purge e2defrag from
my HD and just forget about defragging
Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and knowledge
of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error and not distroy
my harddisk? I'll run e2fsck to check on defragmentation but would still
like to know how to run the defrag program.
Thanks
Adam Fabian wrote:
On 5/20/05, Leonard Chatagnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
more than 5 months old and has never been defragged but I'm still very
much a newbie.
It's very unlikely that your filesystem needs defragmenting after 5
months. As other have already noted, ext3 isn't prone
Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and knowledge
of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error and not distroy
my harddisk?
I'd say you're not getting the message.
You don't need to do it. Period. Full stop. There is no
On Sunday May 22 2005 2:24 am, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and
knowledge of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error
and not distroy my harddisk? I'll run e2fsck to check on
defragmentation but
On Sunday May 22 2005 2:55 am, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
Adam Fabian wrote:
On 5/20/05, Leonard Chatagnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
more than 5 months old and has never been defragged but I'm still
very much a newbie.
It's very unlikely that your filesystem needs defragmenting after
5
Steve Lamb wrote:
Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and knowledge
of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error and not distroy
my harddisk?
I'd say you're not getting the message.
You don't need to do it. Period. Full
On Sunday 22 May 2005 03:33 pm, Bill Mair wrote:
Steve Lamb wrote:
Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and knowledge
of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error and not distroy
my harddisk?
snip
debian FS != DOS FS
more snip
This
On 5/22/05, Leonard Chatagnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Adam Fabian wrote:
On 5/20/05, Leonard Chatagnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
more than 5 months old and has never been defragged but I'm still very
much a newbie.
It's very unlikely that your filesystem needs defragmenting
Rob writes:
This is about the best explanation I've ever seen, even if it a couple of
years old now:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.os.linux.mandrake/msg/38a9eeb8d01b1dbb?hl=en
Also of note is the fact that ext2 uses a loosest fit algorithm (also known
as worst fit) rather than the
On Sunday 22 May 2005 03:33 pm, Bill Mair wrote:
Steve Lamb wrote:
Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and knowledge
of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error and not distroy
my harddisk?
snip
debian FS != DOS FS
more snip
This
Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
Thanks for the reply as I would like to get to the bottom of this. I
get the general message. However, contrary to what has been said, I
have at least one partition with 4.5% fragmentation(e2fsck reports)
which I don't consider a trivial amound.
It is a trivial
On 5/20/05, Leonard Chatagnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
more than 5 months old and has never been defragged but I'm still very
much a newbie.
It's very unlikely that your filesystem needs defragmenting after 5
months. As other have already noted, ext3 isn't prone to
fragmentation. I wasn't
Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and knowledge
of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error and not distroy
my harddisk? I'll run e2fsck to check on defragmentation but would still
like to know how to run the defrag program.
Thanks
Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
Have read manuals and done Google Debian search but can't get e2defrag
to run on KI 2.6.8-2-686
with Ext 3 FS. Here's what I did and results:
ChatagnierL-Home:/var/log# *e2defrag -drsv /dev/hda2*
DEBUG: read_tables()
e2defrag (/dev/hda2): filesystem has
On Friday May 20 2005 10:10 am, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
Have read manuals and done Google Debian search but can't get
e2defrag to run on KI 2.6.8-2-686
with Ext 3 FS.
Don't bother. Fragmentation isn't a problem on ext2 and ext3, I
really can't see any justification for e2defrag's
On Friday May 20 2005 10:10 am, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
Have read manuals and done Google Debian search but can't get
e2defrag to run on KI 2.6.8-2-686
with Ext 3 FS.
Paul Johnson Wrote:
Don't bother. Fragmentation isn't a problem on ext2 and ext3, I
really can't see any justification for
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