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Date:      Tue, 8 Dec 1998 23:52:33 -0500 (EST)
From:      Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com>
To:        "Mark S. Reichman" <mark@borg.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: UFS defragmenter and/or partition resizer?  (Wishful  thinking?)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812082351290.24143-100000@megaweapon.zigg.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19981208231848.0069d770@mail.borg.com>

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On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Mark S. Reichman wrote:

: 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.

Yeah, I just read up on that too.  (Must research before posting.)
:)

: 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.

I also read up on this.  Looks like there used to be a NetBSD
program called "fsresize".  Apparently it had a bug or two.  The
link's dead nowadays.  Does anyone know about its whereabouts?

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