On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 15:03 -0500, Scot L. Harris wrote: > On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 14:55, Jesse Hawkins wrote: > > I am pretty new to linux, so this might be a > > rediculous question to some: Do you have/need to > > defrag a linux hard disk? If so, should I use included > > tools (and, if so, what are they) or should I > > purchase/download 3rd party programs. > > > > I am using Fedora 3 on its own box (no dual-booting > > here folks). > > No defrag needed. Very common question. :) Isn't it more a case of 'fragmentation is minimal' and 'performance cost is minimal' rather than 'defrag not needed'? Correct me if I'm wrong, it's something I read somewhere... Duncan
