Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 22:32:30 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, sthaug@nethelp.no, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, j@uriah.heep.sax.de, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Subject: Re: "Dangerously dedicated" yet again (was: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_diskmbr.c) Message-ID: <20011210063230.467DB3810@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20011210062338.GA51934@leviathan.inethouston.net>
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"David W. Chapman Jr." wrote: > > > :> > IBM DTLA drives are known to rotate fast enough near the spindle > > > :> > that the sustained write speed exceeds the ability of the controller > > > :> > electronics to keep up, and results in crap being written to disk. > > > > > > I would adssume it actually the tracks FURTHEREST from the spindle.. > > Wouldn't the linear speed be faster closer to the spindle at 7200 RPM > than at the edge? This particular tangent of the disk partitioning thread has gone *way* off topic. :-) Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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