Fwd: Re: [Sussex] Why Linux doesn't need defrag

[linux at oneandoneis2.org]

Quoting Nic James Ferrier <nferrier at tapsellferrier.co.uk>:

>> I was under the impression that Linux has no clue about the real physical
>> geometry of the disk because that's abstracted by the circuitry on the
>> drive/controller. As far as Linux is concerned it's a large number of
>> sectors, it has no clue *really* how they're arranged.
>
> That's right. I don't think any OS has access to this information
> anymore.

Righto - I've edited the relevant section, thank you both!

Cheers

Dominic