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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!iol!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!pipex-sa.net!iafrica.com!aztec.co.za!usenet From: Andr=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9?= Coetzee <acoetzee@ctcc.gov.za> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: How can I "defrag" my hard drive? Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 12:39:52 -0700 Organization: Cape Town City Council Lines: 18 Message-ID: <32010808.ABD@ctcc.gov.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: 165.25.60.135 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4Gold (Win95; I; 16bit) QUESTION 1: When I boot up FreeBSD (2.1.5R) I see, amongst others, information about the number of fragmented files. Is this automatically cleaned up when I run the daily/weekly/monthly procedures, or is there some utility program I should run to "defrag" my drives? QUESTION 2: When I boot up FreeBSD (2.1.5R), I have to type in 1:sd(0,a)/kernel in order to boot from BIOS drive 1. Is there a way to make that line the default? (I am also a DOS user, and while I am a novice at FreeBSD, I want to have both Operating Systems available). Many thanks ... ac P.S. Thanks for the help with the "su root" problem, its working fine now.