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Defragging an ext2/ext3 filesystem..
« on: November 11, 2006, 01:55:25 am »
I know that it's supposed to not suffer performance loss from fragmentation... but...

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root@impaler:/home/jklinect/Downloads# filefrag Guitar_Pro_5.rar
Guitar_Pro_5.rar: 877 extents found, perfection would be 2 extents
root@impaler:/home/jklinect/Downloads# filefrag Guitar_Pro_Tabs.rar
Guitar_Pro_Tabs.rar: 3042 extents found, perfection would be 1 extent

That just ain't right. 3042?

How would I go about defragging it? Or is that not a problem?
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I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT.