Lisa Muir wrote:
> Just done a quick google to see if I can find a tool for defragmenting
> a disk under linux, but all hits quickly refer to windows.
>> Can anyone recommend such a tool?
>> Thanks,
>> Lisa.
Are you trying to defrag a FAT(32) disk under windows? If the partition
is a Linux partition, EXT2 or 3 or ReiserFS then you should not need to
defrag it as the filesystems prevent fragmentation occurring in the
first place.
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/qna/15032.htmlhttp://geekblog.oneandoneis2.org/index.php/2006/08/17/why_doesn_t_linux_need_defragmenting
Regards
Robert
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