-----Original Message----- From: Prasanna Krishnan [SMTP:pras@linux.ca] Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 3:59 PM
I've seen this many times but I keep forgetting to ask: What does "non-contiguous" mean? I'm sure many have seen this if fsck has to check the filesystem after a power out/crash/etc
AFAIK, this is the same as what windows means by fragmented. Think of it as a measure of how neatly your files are placed on your disk, the smaller the number the neater the organization. Tim -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
I've seen this many times but I keep forgetting to ask: What does "non-contiguous" mean? I'm sure many have seen this if fsck has to check the filesystem after a power out/crash/etc
<lecture> Data on your drive is contained in "blocks". If a file is completely written to blocks that adjoin each other, it is contiguous. If the data is scattered over unconnected blocks, it is non-contiguous. This means a longer search pattern for the drive heads to read the data needed to run the file. (As Tim explained, "fragmented"). Windows is susceptible to this because it uses a system of writing data to the Next Available Sector (block), this is faster to write, but at the expense of a) read speed, b) data integrity. </lecture> HTH :) -- This Email is 100% Virus Free! How do I know? Because no Microsoft products were used to generate it! Regards Don Hansford ECKYTECH COMPUTING SuSE Linux 6.4 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
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