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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]