Re: Disk maintenance
On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 09:49:11PM +0000, Christian Lavoie wrote:
> I've got a single ext2fs partition, so it is the root partition.
> That's the one I need to defrag/scan, so even having it mounted as
> read only won't help. (At least for the defrag)
>
> So as far as I can tell I need either:
> - A win95/dos based tool to defragment a linux partition (yeah right)
> - A floppy (or CD-ROM) based dist that won't access my HD at all. (And
> has the adequate tools)
> - Another computer with linux installed. (Forget it)
> - A way to boot without any root partition.
>
> But then, how does UNIX administrator were dealing with such issues?
> How can one scan and/or defrag a ext2fs?
Hmmm. I think you should be able to defrag the root while it's mounted
read-only, as long as the defrag tool knows to flush the cache afterwards.
You can fsck the root while it's mounted no problem.
Hamish
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