Re: hdd defragmentation / e2defrag

2004-05-26 Thread Daniel Pittman
On 26 May 2004, Stephane Provost wrote: > I also want to defrag my drive. When I ran e2defrag, it said the drive > should be unmounted (ok easy, I guess I'll need a bootdisk, I want to defrag > /dev/hda0) and also I'll have to run the bootloader configuration tool > because the image may have moved

Re: hdd defragmentation / e2defrag

2004-05-25 Thread Daniel Pittman
On 26 May 2004, Stephane Provost wrote: > I also want to defrag my drive. When I ran e2defrag, it said the drive > should be unmounted (ok easy, I guess I'll need a bootdisk, I want to defrag > /dev/hda0) and also I'll have to run the bootloader configuration tool > because the image may have moved

RE: hdd defragmentation / e2defrag

2004-05-25 Thread Provost, Stephane
1:49 AM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: hdd defragmentation / e2defrag -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi. Not to put water on your fire, but a *nix system is inherently different from a MS style one. Defraging is pretty much not needed for two reasons. First, files are wr

Re: hdd defragmentation / e2defrag

2004-05-25 Thread Frans Pop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 25 May 2004 20:48, Curt Howland wrote: > In closing, back in 1995 when I first asked this same question, the > folks at the time suggested that the hazards of running the defrag > far outweighed the possible minor benefits. > Just a little a

Re: hdd defragmentation / e2defrag

2004-05-25 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi. Not to put water on your fire, but a *nix system is inherently different from a MS style one. Defraging is pretty much not needed for two reasons. First, files are written to a location on the disk where the file will fit whole first, then in two pieces i

hdd defragmentation / e2defrag

2004-05-25 Thread Provost, Stephane
Hi again, I also want to defrag my drive. When I ran e2defrag, it said the drive should be unmounted (ok easy, I guess I'll need a bootdisk, I want to defrag /dev/hda0) and also I'll have to run the bootloader configuration tool because the image may have moved. What does the latter part mean ? I

RE: hdd defragmentation / e2defrag

2004-05-25 Thread Provost, Stephane
1:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: hdd defragmentation / e2defrag -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi. Not to put water on your fire, but a *nix system is inherently different from a MS style one. Defraging is pretty much not needed for two reasons. First, files are written to a locat

Re: hdd defragmentation / e2defrag

2004-05-25 Thread Frans Pop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 25 May 2004 20:48, Curt Howland wrote: > In closing, back in 1995 when I first asked this same question, the > folks at the time suggested that the hazards of running the defrag > far outweighed the possible minor benefits. > Just a little a

Re: hdd defragmentation / e2defrag

2004-05-25 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi. Not to put water on your fire, but a *nix system is inherently different from a MS style one. Defraging is pretty much not needed for two reasons. First, files are written to a location on the disk where the file will fit whole first, then in two pieces i

hdd defragmentation / e2defrag

2004-05-25 Thread Provost, Stephane
Hi again, I also want to defrag my drive. When I ran e2defrag, it said the drive should be unmounted (ok easy, I guess I'll need a bootdisk, I want to defrag /dev/hda0) and also I'll have to run the bootloader configuration tool because the image may have moved. What does the latter part mean ? I