Re: Disk speed on different partitions (was: Re: ext2/ext3/vfat on laptop vs. desktop)
hi ya stefan
On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Stefan Goessling-Reisemann wrote:
> Question1 : could this be related to the position of the partition on the
> disk?
yup
> How could I verify this?
wite a block of data to certain cylinders.... starting from cylinder-0
to cylinder 10,000 ... ( be aware of the zone boundries of ZBR )
- thruput should be the same within the zone
> Is the hda2 partition always directly
> adjacent to the hda1 partition?
no .. partitions can start and end anywhere, as long as it doesnt overlap
> Question2 : Why does this not happen on my Desktop?
laptop drives are smaller diameter than regular ide disks on your desktop
c ya
alvin
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