Apparently, though unproven, at 01:21 on Saturday 20 November 2010, Neil Bothwick did opine thusly:
> On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:13:50 +0000, Mick wrote: > > Short of measuring the latency with some system (which I wouldn't know > > how) I have experimented with setting the /boot partition on primary > > and logical partitions and the difference (on a stopwatch) was > > measurable in seconds betweeen having said partition on a primary and > > having it on a logical. > > Are you talking about GRUB loading time, kernel loading or what? > Since /boot isn't normally mounted or used once the kernel is loaded, I > don't see how relevant this is. And: Boot time differences measured in *seconds*? fifty bucks says his fsck number came up -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
