Error checking comes in the form of fsck but there is no defrag as linux
(and more specifically the ext 2/3 file system) is a "neater" way to write
files to the drive and theoretically doesn't need to be defragged. Windows
and the Fat or NTFS file systems can be very messy. They start writing new
files in the first availible free space regardless of whether that free
space is big enough to handle the file or not. After time this requires you
to Defragment the drive by moving files around so they are contiguous on the
drive. Linux doesn't work this way and has background daemons which are
constantly optimizing the drive with spare CPU cycles so you really don't
need to. Give fsck a try and if that doesn't work it probably means there
is another issue and it's not your file system.
On 8/22/07, vampyre wolf <vampyrewolf@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My laptop has been having some nice glitches lately, but only on the linux
> boot (did my standard winblows cleaning last week).
>
> According to the update-manager and adept I'm up to date, so there haven't
> been any patches I've missed. Are there either programs or commands to
> defrag and run error checking? I don't want to reinstall feisty again, but
> will format the / and start again if needed (SoP from winblows).
>
> --
> Patrick Haryett
Received on Wed Aug 22 08:17:46 2007
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