Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 05:40:15 -0500 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: defrag Message-ID: <3888378F.67F49359@twave.net> References: <38883389.8EC9B9A3@twave.net> <20000121025256.Q14030@fw.wintelcom.net>
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Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > * Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> [000121 02:46] wrote: > > Is there a way to defrag a hard drive under FreeBSD? > > Yes, backup and restore, however... > > There's very little reason why you would need to, FFS defrags > itself as it goes, it has a nifty trick where it will relocate > small chunks at the end of files to larger open spaces where > they can grow, if it detects them as growing. > > There are some degenerate cases for FFS, I would search the hackers > or 'fs' FreeBSD mailing lists for examples. > > -Alfred Thank you for the reply. I don't seem to be having a problem, was just curious. -- Walter in·tel·lec·tu·al (ntl-kch-l) n. Someone who has been educated past his/her level of intelligence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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