Also, if you happen to have a file larger than approx. 8MB (at least with 2.0-compatible fs) it WILL be fragmented, because the inode tables and block groups are laid out on the fs at 8MB intervals. Not sure what it is on a fs made for the 2.2 kernel options.
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > "Joe Smith" wrote: > > > I know Linux uses the ext2 filesystem which is supposed to be > > anti-fragmenting. > > It fragments when it has to (as opposed to `always' like > windows). > > > during boot up, I see my hard drive is 9.7 % non - contiguous. I'm not > > sure > > what this means. > > I assume that 9.7% of the file space is fragmented. > > > What then is the difference between non-contiguous and fragmentation? > > Don't know. > > How can my hard drive be 9.7 % non-contiguous if > > the ext2 filesystem is supposed to be anti-fragmenting? > > It's not _anti_ -fragmenting. If your disk is getting full, it > may start to get fragmented. > > Someone have the URL to the good/bad secretaries analogy? > > > Is there a way to make my hard drive contiguous again? I thought that > > there > > were no linux defragmenters. > > See the defrag package in section admin (I've never used it). > -- > Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada > P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 > 6623'rd GNU/Linux user at the Counter - http://counter.li.org/ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
