fragmentation and linux

[Ed]

even better than a link, reading the source is like looking deep into
a Mystery, a Riddle wrapped in an Enigma that mostly works the way you
thought it might (the romantic bit). Without leaving a puddle of oil
in your living room.

;)   g'day all

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 4:57 AM, Lisa Kachold <foobar at it-clowns.com> wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> This question illustrates how our access to "information" has changed since
> the 1990's where all linux/nix tech was best discussed in newsgroups and
> mailing lists, and today where extensive immediate sources are available
> from the RIGHT SOURCE.
>
> I understand that Michael is usually interested in fostering discussion on
> the list, and through that finds he learns and retains information better,
> but I usually experience my inner voice yelling:  "USE THE SOURCE Luke"
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxFilesystemsExplained
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> could you give me a refrence to ssome documentation about this if my
>> understanding is correct
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I remember an east side meeting I went to (or maybe it was you tube) and
>>> this is what I remember....
>>> Windows stores data sequentially like so:
>>> 11112222333344445555
>>> and if you were to delete 2 and 5 then you were to save more data it
>>> would be
>>> 11116666333344446666
>>> linux scatters the data around your disk like so:
>>> 1111000022220000333300004444000055550000
>>> then you delete 2 and five and then write more data it would look like:
>>> 11110000000000003333000044440000000000006666
>>>
>>> is my understanding of this correct?
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
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