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On Saturday 20 November 2010 00:22:49 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> Apparently, though unproven, at 01:21 on Saturday 20 November 2010, Neil |
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> Bothwick did opine thusly: |
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> > On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:13:50 +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> > > Short of measuring the latency with some system (which I wouldn't know |
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> > > how) I have experimented with setting the /boot partition on primary |
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> > > and logical partitions and the difference (on a stopwatch) was |
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> > > measurable in seconds betweeen having said partition on a primary and |
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> > > having it on a logical. |
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> > Are you talking about GRUB loading time, kernel loading or what? |
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> > Since /boot isn't normally mounted or used once the kernel is loaded, I |
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> > don't see how relevant this is. |
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> And: |
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> Boot time differences measured in *seconds*? |
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> fifty bucks says his fsck number came up |
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Yes, I'm talking about GRUB loading time. |
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This is a (touch wood) healthy fs which has been serving my wife happily for |
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the last 4 years ... |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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