Apparently, though unproven, at 18:59 on Saturday 20 November 2010, Mick did opine thusly:
> On Saturday 20 November 2010 00:22:49 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Apparently, though unproven, at 01:21 on Saturday 20 November 2010, Neil > > > > Bothwick did opine thusly: > > > On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:13:50 +0000, Mick wrote: > > > > Short of measuring the latency with some system (which I wouldn't > > > > know how) I have experimented with setting the /boot partition on > > > > primary and logical partitions and the difference (on a stopwatch) > > > > was measurable in seconds betweeen having said partition on a > > > > primary and having it on a logical. > > > > > > Are you talking about GRUB loading time, kernel loading or what? > > > Since /boot isn't normally mounted or used once the kernel is loaded, I > > > don't see how relevant this is. > > > > And: > > > > Boot time differences measured in *seconds*? > > > > fifty bucks says his fsck number came up > > Yes, I'm talking about GRUB loading time. > > This is a (touch wood) healthy fs which has been serving my wife happily > for the last 4 years ... Was the speed difference a once-off, or is it consistent and reproducible? -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
