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To: Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
From: "Mark S. Reichman" <mark@borg.com>
Subject: Re: UFS defragmenter and/or partition resizer?  (Wishful
  thinking?)
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I can only relay what I have read on previous posts on
this topic and a little from OS class awhile back.
Defragmentation is a FAT16/32 problem.  Unix, from what I
have heard and been taught, 
does not suffer from or need a defragmentor.

I just read the other day that under UFS you cannot 
resize a partition.  Your supposed to get it right
the first time out.  If ya need more space, then you
have to make a new partition and mount it.  
Now... whether or not thats because
no tool has been written to do it or for some reason
its impossible under UFS, I dont know.



At 11:01 PM 12/8/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Are either a defragmenter or a partition resizer available to run
>on FreeBSD's UFS?
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