From owner-freebsd-current Thu Oct 31 22:02:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA20938 for current-outgoing; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 22:02:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [199.201.191.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA20932 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 22:02:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from MindBender.serv.net by mx.serv.net (8.7.5/SERV Revision: 2.30) id WAA25450; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 22:02:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA21132; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 22:02:33 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199611010602.WAA21132@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Terry Lambert , imp@village.org, aflundi@lundin.abq.nm.us, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.5r -> current upgrade In-reply-to: Your message of Thu, 31 Oct 96 21:16:08 -0800. <7636.846825368@time.cdrom.com> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 22:02:28 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> It's not that hard, really. You just have to tilt the case slightly >> so the disks spin "down hill". That gives them the extra little bit >> of velocity you need to get the extra minute. >This only works north of the equator, I'm afraid. In the southern >hemisphere you'll actually lose a minute by doing this. Oh well, yeah, if you get American disks. But if you get drives designed for markets in the southern hemisphere, which spin the other direction, then it will work. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------