Re: [cobalt-users] Drive Maintenance on RaQ3

[Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Once upon a time, Nick Voth <nvoth@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Is there such a program that folks should or could run under Linux? What
> about defragmentation? Is it necessary under Linux?

You don't need to defragment a Linux ext2fs filesystem.  It is designed
to resist significant fragmentation and performs well even if you do
manage to fragment it seriously somehow.  As for error checking a
filesystem, Linux will do that automatically at boot time as it is
needed (if the system wasn't shut down cleanly, if it has been 6 months
since it was last checked, if it has been 30 boots since it was last
checked, or if the kernel detected a serious error in the filesystem).
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Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.