[vox] Re: (fwd) defragment
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[vox] Re: (fwd) defragment
We should start answering this by being totally clear that if you
defragment the partition that contains /boot, then you will probably
break the installation of LILO on your MBR, because it hard-codes the
physical location of the kernel which changes when you defragment.
GRUB is immune from this sort of thing (because it looks through the
file system), and the problem can be solved by rerunning LILO after
defragmenting, but nevertheless, this could potentially be a big problem
with defragmenting.
>---ORIGINAL MESSAGE---
>Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 21:36:04 -0800
>From: bill@newbreedsoftware.com (William Kendrick)
>To: vox@lists.lugod.org
>Subject: [vox] (fwd) defragment
>Reply-To: vox@lists.lugod.org
>
>
>Saw this on ucd.cs.club this evening...
>
>-- forwarded message --
>
>From: Minh Anh Huynh <huynh@pc21.cs.ucdavis.edu>
>Newsgroups: ucd.cs.club
>Subject: defragment
>Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 02:50:34 +0000 (UTC)
>
>Hi,
>Is there a program in Linux to do disk defragment like in windows?
>Thanx.
>
>-- end of forwarded message --
>
>I know there's an explanation to answer this. I just can't remember it ;)
>
>-bill!
>
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>
>Message: 5
>Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:23:19 -0800
>From: nbs <nbs@sonic.net>
>To: vox@lists.lugod.org
>Subject: Re: [vox] Re: [Lug-Nuts] New meeting schedule for sacLUG meetings
>Reply-To: vox@lists.lugod.org
>
>On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 02:59:32PM -0800, Mark K. Kim wrote:
>
>>These days have the advantage that we can provide the speakers with a
>>choice of any days of the week for their talk, whichever is most
>>convenient for them. The only drawback is that Wednesdays overlap with
>>Saclug's meetings,
>>
>
>Actually, thankfully (cuz Enterprise is on Wednesday), SacLUG recently
>moved to 2nd Thursdays. (Except when it's Valentine's day, in which case
>it gets moved to the 2nd Friday.)
>
>(I'm not joking, either ;) )
>
>-bill!
>Isn't April 1st over with now?
>
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>
>Message: 6
>Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 20:33:00 -0800 (PST)
>From: "Mark K. Kim" <markslist@cbreak.org>
>To: vox@lists.lugod.org
>Subject: Re: [vox] Re: [Lug-Nuts] New meeting schedule for sacLUG meetings
>Reply-To: vox@lists.lugod.org
>
>Yeah, April Fool's is over, but I sent the mail on April 1st. The mail
>got buffered for moderator approval because I sent the mail using a
>mangled e-mail address -- it happens when the header of the mail I'm
>replying to has a unrecognized header... time to update my filters :)
>
>My apologies to Peter for making more work for him!
>
>-Mark
>
>On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, nbs wrote:
>
>>On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 02:59:32PM -0800, Mark K. Kim wrote:
>>
>>>These days have the advantage that we can provide the speakers with a
>>>choice of any days of the week for their talk, whichever is most
>>>convenient for them. The only drawback is that Wednesdays overlap with
>>>Saclug's meetings,
>>>
>>Actually, thankfully (cuz Enterprise is on Wednesday), SacLUG recently
>>moved to 2nd Thursdays. (Except when it's Valentine's day, in which case
>>it gets moved to the 2nd Friday.)
>>
>>(I'm not joking, either ;) )
>>
>>-bill!
>>Isn't April 1st over with now?
>>_______________________________________________
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>
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>
>
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>
>Message: 7
>Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 00:16:55 -0800 (PST)
>From: Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil@dcn.davis.ca.us>
>To: vox@lists.lugod.org
>Subject: Re: [vox] (fwd) defragment
>Reply-To: vox@lists.lugod.org
>
>On Sun, 31 Mar 2002, William Kendrick wrote:
>
>>Saw this on ucd.cs.club this evening...
>>
>>-- forwarded message --
>>
>>From: Minh Anh Huynh <huynh@pc21.cs.ucdavis.edu>
>>Newsgroups: ucd.cs.club
>>Subject: defragment
>>Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 02:50:34 +0000 (UTC)
>>
>>Hi,
>>Is there a program in Linux to do disk defragment like in windows?
>>Thanx.
>>
>>-- end of forwarded message --
>>
>>I know there's an explanation to answer this. I just can't remember it ;)
>>
>
>a) It is not so much "disk" defragment as "filesystem" defragment.
>
>b) Since it is "filesystem" defragment, it depends on the type of
>filesystem. Assuming you mean ext2, the primary answer is that ext2 has
>a number of features designed to minimize the need for defragmenting. [1]
>
>c) There is a defragmenting program for ext2, but it is apparently not
>maintained anymore for apparent lack of need. [2] Debian has a package
>called "defrag" that contains "e2defrag 0.73pjm1" with an RCS version
>dated in 1997. [3] There are numerous caveats to using this program, and
>in those rare situations where defragmenting might make sense, the
>filesystem contents turnover rate is probably high enough that backing it
>up, wiping it and restoring it may be quicker.
>
>[1] http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/khg/HyperNews/get/fs/ext2intro.html
>
>[2] http://lwn.net/1999/1118/bigpage.php3
>
>[3] http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/defrag.html
>
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>Message: 8
>Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 11:34:14 -0800
>To: Linux User Group of Davis <vox@lists.lugod.org>
>From: Peter Jay Salzman <p@dirac.org>
>Subject: [vox] we have the way in
>Reply-To: vox@lists.lugod.org
>
>a response to the microsoft / unisys ad campaign:
>
>http://wehavethewayin.com/
>
>pete
>
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>Message: 9
>Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 11:48:50 -0800 (PST)
>From: matthew johnson <matthew@psychohorse.com>
>To: <vox@lists.lugod.org>
>Subject: [vox] Future talk?
>Reply-To: vox@lists.lugod.org
>
>Just wondering if we had Hans Reiser at one of our mettings before or not?
>
>I know Bill tends to send out a lot of e-mails and probably sent to him
>before though :).
>
>Basically been talking about defrag in Linux filesystem on the Reiser
>mailing list.
>
>Matt
>
>
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