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Subject:	Re: Disk/file defragmentation
From:	Andreas Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:	Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:18:28 +0100
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me too, some time ago!
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Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]>@RAVEN.UTC.EDU> on 07.03.2001 06:40:51 PM

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Subject:  Re: [HP3000-L] Disk/file defragmentation


"Sohrt, Jeff" wrote:
>
> What are the benefits of Defraging?

One of the benefits is that it will prevent POSIX programs from dying on
fork()
errors due to insufficient contiguous disk free space.

Somebody recently ran into this when they were trying to install some
bixby.org
stuff onto a very, very fragmented MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET.
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