[Ti] utility for defragmenting my internal HD?

[Chris Olson]

F. Mortes wrote:
> Hi, folks!
> 
> I wonder what utilities you can recommend for defragmenting my 
> Powerbook's internal hard disk. I'm running 10.1.5 and I'm on a tight 
> budget.

File system fragmentation should not be a problem with OS X or other 
unix type systems.  Especially with a desktop box.  If you are running a 
server, then there is a unix defrag utility that you can run on an 
unmounted file system, or you can do it with a backup and restore of the 
file system data.  Although BSD uses UFS (and OS X's file system is a 
little different), I have several linux servers (ext2 file system) that 
have been running for three years+ without being rebooted or disks 
defragged, with no problems whatsoever.
-- 
Chris Olson
Network Administrator
AST Communications,  Inc
Barron,  WI   USA