Disk Utilities
puli brothers
yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Sat Oct 12 16:41:01 2002
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I was just a casual user of my iMac prior to putting YellowDog Linux on =
it, and now I find I am using it more and more as I learn about Linux.
My question is predjudiced by my experience with Windows (NT and XP) =
more than my experience with either Apple's OS or Linux, but in order to =
keep Windows running well about one a week I would run the chkdsk and =
the defrag program.
It appears to me that if their was a disorderly shutdown, then on the =
next boot, Linux repairs the file system -- I assume this is a function =
that is similar to the chkdsk.
Is there a way for the admin user to force a disk check, either =
immediately on on the next reboot?=20
Also, I do create and destroy a large number of files on an on-going =
basis. On the NTFS system this can lead to a lot of fragmented files, =
and over time performance can be impacted. Does Linux suffer from =
similiar defragmentation overtime? Is there any need to defrag the =
Linux file system? Are there defrag utilities available?
Thanks.
Michael Cherry
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I was just a casual user of my iMac =
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learn about Linux.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My question is predjudiced by my =
experience with=20
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in order to keep Windows running well about one a week I would run the =
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and the defrag program.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It appears to me that if their was a =
disorderly=20
shutdown, then on the next boot, Linux repairs the file system -- I =
assume this=20
is a function that is similar to the chkdsk.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Is there a way for the admin user to =
force a disk=20
check, either immediately on on the next reboot? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Also, I do create and destroy a large =
number of=20
files on an on-going basis. On the NTFS system this can lead to a lot of =
fragmented files, and over time performance can be impacted. Does Linux =
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from similiar defragmentation overtime? Is there any need to =
defrag the=20
Linux file system? Are there defrag utilities available?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Michael =
Cherry</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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