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Old 01-22-2003, 03:42 AM   #1
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HDD Defragmentation tool ?


Hi free folks !

Searching for a HDD defragmentation tool for RH8.0

Thx !
 
Old 01-22-2003, 04:04 AM   #2
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What kind of filesystems are you using. Most linux filesystems don't need to be defragmented.
 
Old 01-22-2003, 04:11 AM   #3
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using ext3

Guess that this fs doesn't need any defrag but would like to be sure
 
Old 01-22-2003, 04:30 AM   #4
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Nope it doesn't. It does fragment slightly but it's setup to be pretty fast even though this occurs. So basically you'd be wasting your time trying to defragment.
 
  


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