On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 04:17:05PM -0800, Jeff wrote: > I've seen a reference to two regarding the location of a partition on > the HDD being faster than other parts of the HDD. I've been trying to > get a definitive answer on this and it's still not clear to me. > > 1. What part of the HDD is faster, the inside (closest to the center > of the platter) or the outside? > > It makes some sense to me that the outside would be faster due the > fact that it's moving faster, but this may not be a determining > factor.
I think, in order to get faster access to data in the HD, considering the available filesystems would be much better: - reiserfs for fast access (on small files); it is fast, and I use it. But when reiserfsck couldn't fix the journal, the filesystem would be gone. - ext3fs for compatibility (with ext2fs); not as fast as reiserfs, I believe; the journal file can be turned off/on, so basically you have both filesystems all the time. - xfs for fast access (on large files); this is what people say on this list. > 2. When using cfdisk to partition, does it start the first partition > by default at the beginning, or on the inside, of the HDD? It should be at the beginning. > My intention here is to learn about the HDD and partitioning for > speed in general. My purpose is general usage, nothing specific. I believe that partitioning for speed is a bit unusable; the difference is hardly noticeable. And speaking about swapfiles, it would be lots nicer to get bigger memory. Oki -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
