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echo: rberrypi
to: THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHER
from: NOMEN NESCIO
date: 2017-04-21 17:14:00
subject: Re: [SOLVED] {dd if=/dev/

The Natural Philosopher  wrote:

> >> Linux doesnt suffer significant degradation from fragmentation if you
> >> avoid MSDOS style partition types.

??

The partition type has absolutely nothing to do with filesystem
fragmentation.

> > Then why is this in the man for mount?

Because btrfs offers a way to "defrag" files for maximum performance.
Rarely does one need to do that.

ext* simply doesn't care about fragmentation.

> Maybe BTRFS is a clone of Microsoft?

Maybe you should check the facts first.

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