On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 14:02, Fernando Alvarez wrote: > Hi! > Sorry if my question seems trivial for some of you, but I don't have > much experience with Linux or Unix. > As anybody knows, regular defragmentation is recommended on Windows > partitions (FAT and NTFS). Normally you don't have to manually defrag a linux system. Disk checking is normally done at bootup. However, if you *do* shutdown abnormally (e.g. a power-failure). At the next reboot of your system, you would need to provide the root password, then do: fsck /dev/hda1 (if /linux is on your 1st partition, otherwise change the "1" in the example to the partition number). Since you mention you are new to linux, I would like to recommend you bookmark these sites: 1) JustLinux http://www.justlinux.com/ (The site was formerly known as linuxnewbie.com, and was justly named, since the library contains 'newbieized" instructions and help files). 2) Die Docs http://www.die.net/doc/ At first sight you might find this latter site overwhelming, but don't be put off. You're not obliged to read, nor *remember* everything. Use it as your "reference library". In time, you will remember some things, and get the hang of it. Life is a classroom, and you don't get to leave till you learn all (or most of the) lessons! LOL! HTH & cheers, Elton ;-) -- http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_4504.html "You only live once: let's make life BETTER for each other." LINUX User #193975 [AMD ATHLON CPU] ICQ #149608718.Public
