Re: Fedora Core 5 + WinXP Pro

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On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 20:25 +0200, Ingemar Nilsson wrote:
> Could you elaborate on why disk accesses are faster in the first
> sectors of the hard drive?

The mechanics of the drive means some parts will be faster than others
(the amount of disc, and therefore data, that whizzes past the head in
one revolution; the time it takes for the head to zip from one part of
the disc to another).

It's debatable as to how much optimisation you'll get, though.

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