Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
On Sunday 22 May 2005 03:33 pm, Bill Mair wrote:Steve Lamb wrote: > Leonard Chatagnier wrote: >>Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and knowledge >>of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error and not distroy >>my harddisk?<snip>debian FS != DOS FS<more snip>This is about the best explanation I've ever seen, even if it a couple of years old now:http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.os.linux.mandrake/msg/38a9eeb8d01b1dbb?hl=en
Just to make this clear, this page explains the linux kernel does reordering reading/writing on the disc, which, among other things, takes care of the fragmentation problem; this is done by linux 2.4 (probably also by linux 2.2) and linux 2.6
HTH, Joris