>> > 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..) ?
You can use -X with shake to skip the xattr stuff. - Grant
