Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 21:20:35 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disk De-Fragmenter...? Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951117211348.13386D-100000@cappuccino.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199511180018.RAA06370@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Fri, 17 Nov 1995, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Does Unix (or specifically FreeBSD) have a disk defragmenter? I know > > fsck figures disk fragmentation, but the man pages do not say it does > > anything about it... > > I was just talking to someone who was trying to convinve me that I > wanted to write one. > > So, what type of fragmentation are you seeing? 8-). 8-). (The joke > here is that defragmentation is not really an applicable idea where > UFS is concerned). > Terry, I have a friend who got relocated to work in Utah, for a company that had as a major product a VMS disk defragmenter. My friend was brought in to help in doing one for Unix. I know this to be true, I don't know if it was FFS, but there must be SOME kinda truth behind this. I just can't remember the company name ... Oh, I know, Raxco. > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: <URL:http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/>;
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