[techtalk] Disk utilities under Linux

Jeff Dike jdike at karaya.com
Mon Oct 9 02:18:37 EST 2000


MSYBlood at aol.com said:
>  I'm  wondering what disk utilities are available under Linux--or are
> they  necessary?  For instance what about a disk defragmentation
> utility like  Norton Speed disk?

As far as I understand, they're not really necessary.  The ext2 filesystem 
isn't as prone to fragmentation as fat-based filesystems.

				Jeff






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