Tom Brinkman wrote :
" I always prefer to put /swap as the first partition (hd?1) on
a drive. R/W's slow as much as 40% the further down a partition
is on a drive, regardless of the drive's rpms, size, number of
disks, age, etc. "
This puzzles me : I've always believed that a harddisk had its first
cylinders at the center. This should give a slower radial
velocity. Furthermore, if the read/write arm has its idle position
at the perimeter it should travel a longer distance to the swap
partition.
But maybe I got it all upside/down ?
Kaj Haulrich.
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