Re: Linux and superblocks

In article <cistron.4.3.1.2.20000326220057.04c44e30@mail.reub.net>,
Reuben Farrelly <reuben@reub.net> wrote:
>If a filesystem was to get say, 99% full, and then a whole lot of space was
>created so it was only 50% full, would the filesystem recover??

That depends, but it would probably not recover completely. You would
have to unmount the disk and run 'defrag' (there is one for ext2)
for best results.

Mike.

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