Re: Defragging Ubuntu

On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 20:27:22 -0400, Walterius wrote:

Thank you. Why not?

Because Linux makes use of the disk in a more efficient manner than MS.
Fragments are something technically different in Linux, and it is not
necessary. So far as I know, there are no Linux defrag utilities. 15 years
ago I used to 'defrag' in Ultrix (DEC's early version of Unix) by doing
dump and restores - never made a hell of a lot of difference.

.

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