Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> [09-08-03 23:09]: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Grant<emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I know Linux systems aren't supposed to become fragmented, but I've > > also read that it can happen eventually. I'm on ext3. I've read that > > ext4 will have a defragmenter but that it doesn't have one yet. > > It's not that they aren't supposed to become fragmented, it is that > they try to avoid it. There is a big difference, and things like > streaming writes (downloads, bittorrents, etc) can cause extreme > fragmentation. > > The time-honored way of fixing this is "backup, delete, restore". In > my case my simple defragmenter is to move a file to tmpfs and then > move it back to the hard drive. I always do this to files I'm about to > burn to a CD/DVD to ensure the read speed is optimal. > > > Has anyone tried the shake defragmenter? > > Yes, nothing has blown up yet. :)
Hi, I have several encfs-encrypted partions. As fas as I had understood encfs, only the contents of the data file and not their organisational data are encrypted (?). But I may be wrong... So, do I any harm to shake those partions without mounting them in beforehand? Kind regards, Meino Cramer PS: How can I make a mount -o remount,user_xattr work? Do I have to re-mkfs the partions (please not..) ? -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.