From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 25 00:03:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E113037B401 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 00:03:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns.pro.sk (proxy.pro.sk [195.80.161.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3C4743F85 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 00:03:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from prosa@pro.sk) Received: from peter (Peter [192.168.1.53]) by ns.pro.sk (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id h6P73aE84707; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:03:36 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from prosa@pro.sk) Message-ID: <012c01c3527a$ccd36680$3501a8c0@pro.sk> From: "Peter Rosa" To: References: <001a01c3521c$348ca3e0$3501a8c0@pro.sk><200307241538.06338.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> <20030724201629.A21183@barryg.mi.celestial.com> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:03:06 +0200 Organization: PRO, s.r.o. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Defragment HDD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 07:03:54 -0000 SORRY, SORRY AND ONE MORE SORRY. I love FBSD very much, but it really writes (during boot-up) something about fragmentation. So I forgot about its professionality and so for a moment and write my stupid question to the list. At least, everyone will now know... Sincerelly Peter Rosa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Campbell" To: Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 5:16 AM Subject: Re: Defragment HDD > On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 03:38:06PM -0500, David Kelly wrote: > >On Thursday 24 July 2003 02:45 pm, Peter Rosa wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> is it possible, and by using what program, to defragment > >> HDDs under FreeBSD ? > > > >Why are you worried about it? Professional-grade filesystems such as UFS > >do not require or benefit the way Microsoft-grade filesystems do. This > >is a common problem in that people can not imagine that the Microsoft > >way is any but the only way. > > Maybe this is a marketing opportunity! Write a do-nothing program that > keeps the HD light flashing, displays something like the typical M$ defrag > utility, and perhaps even simulates a random system crash and reboot. > > Bill > -- > INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC > UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way > FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 > URL: http://www.celestial.com/ > > Government is the great fiction, through which everbody endeavors to > live at the expense of everybody else. -- Frederic Bastiat > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >