Convert FAT32 to ext3?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 05:08:33PM -0400, Francois Ouellette wrote:
> Nice idea, but FAT32 does not indicate file placement information!
> 
> After deleting files it may well be that a file still occupies space at the
> physical end of the partition...
> Only a defrag job would move files to the beginning, adding to the time of
> the whole process.

I imagine some resize programs are smart enough to move files to the
start of the disk, even if it isn't a very good defrag, but at least
implementing free space at end of drive defrag would help a resize
program a lot.

Lennart Sorensen
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