From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 28 10:34:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA32F16A4CE for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:34:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.omnis.com (smtp.omnis.com [216.239.128.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A822C43D1F for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:34:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.homeunix.net (24-161-166-146.san.rr.com [24.161.166.146]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30626101C36; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:34:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr.COM To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:34:03 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 References: <200404270855.09646.h@schmalzbauer.de> <20040427202132.GB6692@afields.ca> <200404272100.i3RL0mlN033709@apollo.backplane.com> In-Reply-To: <200404272100.i3RL0mlN033709@apollo.backplane.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200404281034.03787.wes@softweyr.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 05:02:06 -0700 cc: Allan Fields cc: antwort@schmalzbauer.de Subject: Re: More than 8 labels per slice X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 17:34:04 -0000 On Tuesday 27 April 2004 14:00, Matthew Dillon wrote: > :While cramming so many OSes on the same drive was the least expensive > :route, it does present some issues with regards to differing label > :formats. I didn't fully expect it to be problem-free setting up a > > Heh. Very cool setup. Remember, however, that your different OS's > are going to have different disk performance numbers simply due to > where they are laid out on the disk. Outer tracks on the disk have a > much higher transfer rate then inner tracks. We do roughly the same using identical disks and removable drive trays. That's a great way to build a multi-boot system, too. We also use this for our engineering prototypes of our embedded servers, putting a second drive slot in the development machines so you can yank the drive, cram it into the development system, 'atacontrol attach' the drive, dd and image onto it, 'atacontrol detach' the drive, and stuff it back in the prototype machine in a couple of minutes. -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com