How do you defragment you harddrive in unix (Madrake Linux 9.0)?


 
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Old 10-21-2002
Question How do you defragment you harddrive in unix (Madrake Linux 9.0)?

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Old 10-21-2002
It's quite simple really......you don't!!! Smilie

Linux doesn't require defragmentation like windows does. Read up on the different file systems to get a better understanding of why.
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Old 10-21-2002
i think you can use fsck... but i don't know if that exactly defrags vs. repairing inconsistancies...
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Old 10-21-2002
fsck does not defragment... it repairs errors similar to what scandisk does with MS products.

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