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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: defrags
To: fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard)
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 10:46:02 -0700 (MST)
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> > This is because you are using more disk space, no doubt ... I REALLY
> > wouldn't worry. I think you are getting confused between DOS
> > fragmentation and FFS fragmentation ...
> 
> It's unfortunate that they use the same word is used for rather
> different things.
> 
> DOS fragmentation means that a file is split into parts because DOS
> wasn't intelligent enough to work out how to write it as a single,
> contiguous file.
> 
> FFS fragmentation means that, instead of being wasted, unused space in
> a block is used for storing small files, which would otherwise need a
> block of their own and waste even more space. Let's look at an
> example:-

[ ... example and picture ... ]

Thanks James; I should have thought of a picture, since I guess I'm
known for them ;-).

I hope you don't mind that I'm going to steal this for future
use...


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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