I thought that was the case (NTFS is journalised and needs occasional
defraging). My issue with ext2 is that long rebot time after not umounting
cleanly. Also I got corrupted files and had no clue why.
I am using a knoopix hard drive install so the first thing I did once
everything was working was a whole bunch of apt-get removeing. At this point I
think it is a good bet that the a nice defrag could be helpful so that
problems do not arise in the future. Knoppix gives the following options:
ext2
ext3
reiser
xfs
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On Thu, 22 May 2003, David Mandala wrote:
> Actually journaling and needing to be defragged are different issues
> and not related. That said unlike msdos, vfat, vfat32 and the like, xfs
> does not normally need to be defragged, nor normally does ext2 or ext3
> or for that matter reiserfs.
>
> What was the problem that you had with ext2. Was it the reboot time if
> shutdown incorrectly? If so use ext3 which is journaling like xfs or
> just use xfs everywhere.
>
> Since fat32 is not a native Linux file system you lose security and
> ownership control as it has not got the necessary storage for that.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Davidm
>
> On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 15:57, Bryce C wrote:
> > Pardon me but isn't XFS a journaling FS and therefore not need to be
> > defragged? Nonetheless, if you really want, run fsck.xfs (snickers).
> > fsck.xfs is for people just like you. It's just an empty bin that does
> > nada.
> >
> > On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 15:42, Robert.Wultsch@asu.edu wrote:
> > > I guess I was showing my inexperience there. Is there some way that I kde
> > > automaticly mount the partition for specific users?
> > > OR
> > > Is there some way to transform a fat32 to a unix file system? Would i even
> > > want to do this, as my experience with ext2 sucks. (I am using xfs for my
> > > /,btw anyone know how to defrag a xfs?)
> > >
> > > -------------------------
> > > Robert James Wultsch III
> > > robert.wultsch@asu.edu
> > > sheepsleep7 (AIM)
> > > (480)951-3169 (Home)
> > > (602)692-7564 (Cell)
> > > 6900 East Gold Dust #107
> > > Scottsdale, Arizona 85253, USA
> > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
> > > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
> > >
> > > On Thu, 22 May 2003, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Thu, 22 May 2003, Rob Wultsch wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > /stuff is vfat.I have it automaticly mounted with a line in my
> > > > > /etc/fstab that reads:
> > > > > /dev/hda2 /stuff vfat auto,user,umask=000 0 0
> > > > >
> > > > > I am discouraged by:
> > > > > root@fearlessrogue:/home/rob# chown rob:rob /stuff
> > > > > chown: changing ownership of `/stuff': Operation not permitted
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Any suggestions???
> > > >
> > > > Yes, see my previous email:
> > > >
> > > > > > I assume that /stuff is not a Unix-type filesystem.
> > > >
> > > > It's vfat. It is not a Unix-type filesystem that supports different users
> > > > and groups.
> > > >
> > > > > > Maybe, use your mount options to choose which uid (and gid) should be used
> > > > > > when it is mounted in the first place.
> > > >
> > > > Look at your mount manual page; read about "vfat":
> > > > uid=value and gid=value
> > > > Set the owner and group of all files. (Default: the
> > > > uid and gid of the current process.)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > For example (where 101 is your music user and 101 is your music group):
> > > >
> > > > /dev/hda2 /stuff vfat auto,user,umask=000,uid=101,gid=101 0 0
> > > >
> > > > Have fun!
> > > >
> > > > Jeremy C. Reed
> > > > http://bsd.reedmedia.net/
> > > >
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