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Date:      Fri, 17 Nov 1995 15:27:36 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@rocky.sri.MT.net>
To:        Brandon Gillespie <brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Disk De-Fragmenter...?
Message-ID:  <199511172227.PAA12843@rocky.sri.MT.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951117150231.149A-100000@tombstone.sunrem.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951117150231.149A-100000@tombstone.sunrem.com>

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> Does Unix (or specifically FreeBSD) have a disk defragmenter?  I know 
> fsck figures disk fragmentation, but the man pages do not say it does 
> anything about it...

It doesn't need to do anything about it.  By design, the BSD FFS
minimizes fragmentation, so you don't need to defrag the disk.


Nate



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