[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 3/4/99 7:40:39 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > > > The appear to be tools to `defrag' an ext2 > > > partition, but I never saw any convincing reasons for using them. They > > > may even be a risk to your data. > > > > I've tried the ext2 defrag program, and while it seems to work OK, I > > didn't see any noticable benefit from doing it, other than the fsck > > summary information looks better :-) > > > > So, defragging your disk isn't a normal Debian maintenance task? Is this true > for all you guys that have been running Debian "forever"? > > -jay >
I've been running Debian since before 0.91 and I've *never* defragged a drive. I've got several systems running some at home, soem at the office, some at client's site. Not a one has ever been defragged. And the last I looked, I don't think any of them have fragmentation over 10%. Could be, but I've not been paying that much attention to it. It truly doesn't seem like an issue on ext2 filesystems. Chuck -- Chuck Stickelman, Owner E-Mail: Practical Network Design Voice: +1-419-529-3841 9 Chambers Road FAX: +1-419-529-3625 Mansfield, OH 44906-1301 USA
