Xref: utzoo comp.unix.xenix:2796 comp.unix.microport:1098 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!uwvax!umn-d-ub!umn-cs!bungia!pwcs!elric!hawkmoon!det From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.microport Subject: Re: WD1006 Controller on 386/ix Message-ID: <205@hawkmoon.MN.ORG> Date: 27 Jul 88 07:58:40 GMT References: <865@altger.UUCP> <4796@bigtex.uucp> Organization: One of the Eternal Champions - Richfield, MN, 554232523, USA Lines: 14 In article <4796@bigtex.uucp>, james@bigtex.uucp (James Van Artsdalen) writes: > However, if a file system gets this badly fragmented, it should > probably be cleaned up for speed. In particular, I re-load my > /usr/local directory regularly so that emacs and other binaries are > kept unfragmented for quick loading by my 1:1 controller (WD1007/WA2). I don't quite understand this statement. I would think that unless you are creating and removing a lot of files in that directory (fs), in particular the binaries you are talking about, you wouldn't be fragmenting.. this is, in essence, a read/only situation. -- Derek Terveer det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG w(612)681-6986 h(612)688-0667