Re: Disk maintenance

1999-01-11 Thread Alexander Kushnirenko
> > On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 09:49:11PM +, Christian Lavoie wrote: > > > I've got a single ext2fs partition, so it is the root partition. > > > That's the one I need to defrag/scan, so even having it mounted as > > > read only won't help. (At least for the defrag) > > > > > > So as far as I can

Re: Disk maintenance

1999-01-10 Thread Mark Panzer
Christian Lavoie wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 09:49:11PM +, Christian Lavoie wrote: > > > I've got a single ext2fs partition, so it is the root partition. > > > That's the one I need to defrag/scan, so even having it mounted as > > > read only won't help. (At least for the defrag) > >

Re: Disk maintenance

1999-01-10 Thread Christian Lavoie
> On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 09:49:11PM +, Christian Lavoie wrote: > > I've got a single ext2fs partition, so it is the root partition. > > That's the one I need to defrag/scan, so even having it mounted as > > read only won't help. (At least for the defrag) > > > > So as far as I can tell I need

Re: Disk maintenance

1999-01-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 09:49:11PM +, Christian Lavoie wrote: > I've got a single ext2fs partition, so it is the root partition. > That's the one I need to defrag/scan, so even having it mounted as > read only won't help. (At least for the defrag) > > So as far as I can tell I need either:

Re: Disk maintenance

1999-01-09 Thread Christian Lavoie
> On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 01:32:02PM +, Christian Lavoie wrote: > > What is the best way to defrag/scan disks? > > > > Mounted disks can't be defragged, and you can't umount the root > > partition, can you? > I don't know how to defrag a disk (you rarely need to anyway), but the > following wo

Re: Disk maintenance

1999-01-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 01:32:02PM +, Christian Lavoie wrote: > What is the best way to defrag/scan disks? > > Mounted disks can't be defragged, and you can't umount the root > partition, can you? I don't know how to defrag a disk (you rarely need to anyway), but the following would work, for

Disk maintenance

1999-01-09 Thread Christian Lavoie
What is the best way to defrag/scan disks? Mounted disks can't be defragged, and you can't umount the root partition, can you? [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Disk Maintenance

1997-06-16 Thread Bruce Perens
From: compwiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > What packages are used to repair logical disk errors The "fsck" program, which generally runs the "e2fsck" program. This will happen automaticaly when the system boots after crashing, etc. You generally don't have to concern yourself with it unless something is

Disk Maintenance

1997-06-16 Thread compwiz
What packages are used to repair logical disk errors (a Linux version of Norton Disk Doctor?) and to defragment my Linux partition? And how are they used? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .