Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:35:42 -0700 From: Fred C <fred@bsdhost.net> To: prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: defrag Message-ID: <6C9E353A-3008-4E28-910C-212DBB9F6E28@bsdhost.net> In-Reply-To: <20080827172946.5a1d4103@gom.home> References: <20080827172946.5a1d4103@gom.home>
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Maybe it is because FAT filesystem wasn't well designed from the beginning and defrag was a workaround to solve performances problems. -fred- On Aug 27, 2008, at 5:29 PM, prad wrote: > something that has puzzled me for years (but i've never got around to > asking) is how does *nix get away without regular defrag as with > windoze. > > fsck is equivalent to scandisk, right? > > so when you delete files and start getting 'holes', how does *nix deal > with it? > > -- > In friendship, > prad > > ... with you on your journey > Towards Freedom > http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) > Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's > _______________________________________________ > 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 > " >
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