Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 07:47:17 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Defragmentation of disks -- is it possible or even necessary? Message-ID: <20011215064717.GB7022@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <3C19A6D6.7CA67CE9@resfeber.se> References: <011801c18440$c7e2fdc0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011214021324.GB53376@dan.emsphone.com> <3C19A6D6.7CA67CE9@resfeber.se>
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On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 08:14:30AM +0100, Jon Molin wrote: > Dan Nelson wrote: > > > > In the last episode (Dec 14), Anthony Atkielski said: > > > Do FreeBSD filesystems on disk ever have to be defragmented, and if > > > so, what tools are normally used for the purpose? > > > > They should not ever need defragmentation (by default, 8% of the > > filesystem is reserved to keep enough space to prevent frags from being > > created), but if you decide you need it, the standard way is dump, > > newfs, restore. > > Isn't it possible to use Dr Watson also? ;) > > /Jon > Jon ! You almost got a "serious" reply to that unil I noticed your smiley. Good old Dr Watson, I never used to be able to work out what, practically speaking, you were supposed to do with Dr Watson's assistance..lol. Patient: "I feel sick" Docter: "You feel sick becuse you are ill. Next patient please". -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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