Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 22:03:42 -0400 From: Matthew Graybosch <matthew@starbreaker.net> To: guardian@dark-rune.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD: Where can / go? Message-ID: <20010919220342.58b0f0d6.matthew@starbreaker.net> In-Reply-To: <39973.203.102.38.135.1000946761.squirrel@www.dark-rune.com> References: <39973.203.102.38.135.1000946761.squirrel@www.dark-rune.com>
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On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 10:46:01 +1000 (EST) guardian@dark-rune.com wrote: > Q: How far down a drive can the / be? I'd suggest putting root somewhere within the first 1024 cylinders of the disk for performance reasons, even though disk tech has apparently advanced far enough to render obsolete the 1024 cylinder barrier. I think that you could seriously hamper performance by sticking root at the edge of the disk instead of close to the spindle. ****** Matthew Graybosch [matthew@starbreaker.net] http://www.starbreaker.net :: where dreams and reality collide "Screw Sartre. Hell isn't other people. Hell is debugging other people's code." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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