meyer@mimsy.UUCP (John R. Meyer) (06/26/88)
Hello, Netlanders -- Does anyone know of any (hopefully free) disk optimizer for SCO XENIX-286 2.2.1? Something that will place the blocks of a filesystem in the optimal places on the disk to account for fragmentation and disk interleave and so forth? Thanks, John meyer@mimsy.umd.edu -- John R. Meyer Domain: meyer@mimsy.umd.edu 10208C Ashbrooke Ct. Path: uunet.uu.net!mimsy!meyer Oakton, VA 22124 Phone: (703) 644-3944 (O) Disclaimer: The views expressed are my own. (703) 281-5157 (H)
jfh@rpp386.UUCP (John F. Haugh II) (06/26/88)
In article <12144@mimsy.UUCP> meyer@mimsy.UUCP (John R. Meyer) writes: >Hello, Netlanders -- > > Does anyone know of any (hopefully free) disk optimizer for SCO >XENIX-286 2.2.1? Something that will place the blocks of a filesystem >in the optimal places on the disk to account for fragmentation and disk >interleave and so forth? yes, there are three tools which are commonly used to perform this task. there is even a high degree of flexibility in using these tools. and the tools are also commonly available so you should be able to use them on any unix system. the first tool will reorder the free list of the disk into optimal order. the second tool is used to save files onto a tape and restore them in optimal order. the third tool is used to create a fresh file system with the free list stored in optimal order. these tools are fsck, cpio and mkfs. ;-) - john. -- John F. Haugh II +--------- Cute Chocolate Quote --------- HASA, Division "S" | "USENET should not be confused with UUCP: killer!rpp386!jfh | something that matters, like CHOCOLATE" DOMAIN: jfh@rpp386.uucp | -- with my apologizes