Cross Platform Question

[Gene Collins]

Hi Keith.  In general, no, you shouldn't need to defrag your linux
partitions.  There is a program for linux called defrag, but you should
only use it under the most extreem circumstances.  If you have a second
partition that will hold your files, it's probably easier and safer to
copy your files on to the second partition, do a mkfs on the first
partition, then copy the files back.  Hope this helps.

Gene

>Hi all,
>
>I hadn't thought about this, but coming from a DOS background I am curious
>if this is necessary or not. Is there a way to do a, pardon the french, DOS
>defrag on a linux HD. Is it even necessary under e2fs? If it is, how is it
>done? Thanks in advance.
>
>Keith
>
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