basic disc operations, defragmenting and checking etc.

[Gabriel Dragffy]

I just wanted to chase this up... if it's not possible to defrag a vfat system 
then I'd appreciate a reply saying not possible. But I'd appreciate it if 
someone could tell me the command for a reiser fs, or even what man I need to 
look at.
Cheers

On Sunday 09 April 2006 09:36, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm still new to linux, only had a honey-moon period of about 2 months so
> far. I have an external hard drive that I use as backup and it's formatted
> with FAT32 so I can transfer between XP and Kubuntu (dual boot). It also
> means I can take it to my friends' home and it will work no matter what
> system they use. However after about 2 months of heavy copying I am sure it
> is badly fragmented.
>
>
> What is the procedure to defrag this in Kubuntu? It is mounted as something
> like /media/sda1. I don't fancy booting in to XP for the first time in  a
> month to defrag it.
>
> Secondly since it's FAT32 it's prone to error accumulation, what can I do
> to scan and repair any errors?
>
> Thirdly, am i able to do the same things for Kubuntu (ReiserFS)? I am well
> aware this FS is not prone to errors or fragmentation, but me being the
> curious type I'd really like to take a look!
>
> Regards,
> Gabe