Bittorrent shouldn't have had anything to do with it. It allocates the *entire* file when starting the download. Even though it grabs the files in pieces, it just fills in the allocated space in the file. I saw an ext2 defrag util awhile back, but it stated that it was definitely beta and it would probably hose your drive. How do you know you need a defrag? > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Worden [mailto:dave.worden at veritas.com] > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 1:41 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: RE: [TCLUG] defrag linux > > > Er...hit send on accident. > Anyway, if you have a tape device, dump/restore should defrag a *nix > filesystem. > Regards, > --djw > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Spencer Butler [mailto:spencer at autonomous.tv] > > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 12:35 PM > > To: TClug > > Subject: [TCLUG] defrag linux > > > > > > I have an HDD that is in need of a defrag. I know the ext2 > > filesytem is > > not 'suppose' to need to be defragged, but mine does. I think using > > bittorrent is a part of the cause. Bittorrent downloads > > 'hunks' of the > > file at a time, and in no certain order. I do not claim to know the > > exact reasoning behind my assumption (that bittorrent is the > > cause of my > > fragmentation) but I do think it is the source. > > > > I would very much like to remedy the situation. Mike Hicks > suggested > > that simply coping the files back and forth my take care of > it. While > > that does sound like a plausable remedy, I don't really > have the disk > > space to do that. > > > > I have read the man page for defrag and am wondering if this > > is safe to > > do? I do not intend to use windows defrag to solve this > problem (for > > more reasons than 'its windows'). > > > > Has anyone had any experience siumular to these? Any ideas on the > > safest way to solve this problem? > > > > -- > > Linux Administrator || Technology Specialist || Wifi Engineer > > http://autonomous.tv/~spencer/resume/ || spencer at autonomous.tv > > Key fingerprint = 173B 8760 E59F DBF8 6FD2 68F8 ABA2 AB08 49C7 4754 > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list