[ale] Ubuntu Linux Defrag EXT4

[Paul Cartwright]

On Mon September 13 2010, Ron Frazier wrote:
> A few people mentioned corrupting a Linux / Unix HDD by running utilities
> while the partition is mounted.  When I run chkdisk on my Windows system in
> read / write mode, it pops up a dialog that says it can't run the test now
> because the system is in use.  It offers an option to run the test the next
> time I reboot, and I click yes or no.  Linux should offer me the same
> courtesy, in my opinion.

it does.. I've had to wait many times after a reboot, while it checks the file 
systems... MOST things like that get done on reboot, which is like init 
1/windows SAFE mode. You can always log in as root ( on alt-F1) and bring it 
down to single user, and run all that stuff.. I only did it while it was 
running because I ASSUMEd it would only report, and NOT try to FIX 
anything :-0)
I only attempted that because I have multiple redundant backups:)
and I'm crazy!

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Paul Cartwright
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