ext3 defrag?

[Gustavo Seabra]

On 5/20/05, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at redhat.com> wrote:
> Coert Waagmeester wrote:
> 
> >Hi all!
> >
> >Is it necessary or possible to defrag an ext3 filesystem on FC3?
> >
> >
> It is possible but dangerous and completely unnecessary
> 
> regards
> Rahul
> 

I have heard the "unnecessary" part before. But "dangerous"? why?

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