wiping of unused space on ext3

[Mindaugas]

> "Mindaugas" <mind at bi.lt> wrote:
>>  I was asked if it is possible to zero unused space in ext3 partition?
> 
> I've been meaning to submit these to LKML, but since you ask let's give
> them an airing here first.
> 
> Since this is being copied to the CentOS mailing list I should point
> out that I also have versions of the patches that apply cleanly to the
> RHEL 4 kernel.  I don't have them to hand at the moment but if there's
> any interest I can provide them later.

  Thank you for the answer. Just this request is suspended now so I
don't know if I will need those patches anymore.
  
  In case I will need them I will ask you for the RHEL4 version. :)

  Mindaugas