Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

From: Roberto C. Sanchez (roberto_at_familiasanchez.net)
Date: 05/21/05

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    Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
    > Have read manuals and done Google Debian search but can't get e2defrag
    > to run on KI 2.6.8-2-686
    > with Ext 3 FS. Here's what I did and results:
    > ChatagnierL-Home:/var/log# *e2defrag -drsv /dev/hda2*
    > DEBUG: read_tables()
    >
    > e2defrag (/dev/hda2): filesystem has unsupported features

    Why are you trying to defrag? ext2 and ext3 do a good job of keeping
    their fragmentation levels very low (remember, these are not Microsoft
    products). Unless you have extraordinary curcimstances, you probably
    don't need to bother.

    -Roberto 

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Roberto C. Sanchez
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