HOW DO YOU PERFORM DISK CLEANUP AND DE FRAGMENT

[Brian]

On Mon 01 Mar 2010 at 19:43:55 +0100, Knapp wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Brian <ad44 at cityscape.co.uk> wrote:

> > From the user's perspective there is a considerable difference between
> > not having to bother with defragmenting a device and the advisability
> > of running e2fsck every so often.
> 
> I find that most uses have no idea what the difference is nor the
> consequences. They just see a computer taking 30 minutes to boot and
> the fact the MS never did that to them. At least with defrag it
> happened when you chose it to.

The implication is tune2fs would beyond them. How about autofsck? The
allow_cancellation option to /etc/mke2fs.conf? Jabbing the ESC key? What would
make such users happy?

30 minutes? Is that how long it can take? I admit my machines are not the
latest but the one with a 120 GB disc only takes a couple of minutes to get
past the e2fsck check.