[shahid khan]

Hi,

I want to know in windows we will go to disk Fragmentation to see the Unassigned space. In Linux/ Unix which command can we Use. I tried df -h, thats not the right answer. It shows the created partitions & the free space available in those Partitions.

Can some one help....

Regards,

Shahid Khan

[lotuseclat79]

Hi shahid khan,

Linux does not need defragmentation of the hard drive. Different file system than NTFS. There might be a tool available that maps out the free space in detail by following the inodes in the file system. Try downloading efs2progs from the sourceforge website and after installing explore the man pages for its separate tools. Join the mailing list and ask the question there for users-ext3 (which is very active), and the file system experts will either suggest a tool, or inform you how to find out the Unassigned (free) space, and distinguish why Linux does not need defragmentaion.

-- Tom