fragmentation and linux

Wed Nov 19 09:43:54 MST 2014

Ed,

I lurk, but I have to say, that was so well put, I may spend the rest of 
the day contemplating your comment.

That is simply brilliant! Well done!
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On 11/19/2014 11:32 AM, Ed wrote:
> 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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