[ale] ext3 fragmentation

[James Sumners]

I really wish it were possible to defrag ext3 partitions. I used
ext2defrag (http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ext2.html) once to defrag
an ext3 partition and that was a BIG mistake. Someone really needs to
get on the ball and write an ext3 version.

On 7/25/05, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've long heard that there is no need to "defrag" ext2 and ext3
> partitions..... So, should I worry about this one:
> 
>    $ fsck.ext3 -f /dev/md12
>    e2fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002)
>    Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
>    Pass 2: Checking directory structure
>    Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
>    Pass 4: Checking reference counts
>    Pass 5: Checking group summary information
>    /dev/md12: 287/525312 files (62.7% non-contiguous), 410249/1048576
> blocks
> 
> -Jim P.
> 
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