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The Friday 2007-08-24 at 08:33 -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@> [08-24-07 08:09]:
> [...]
> > I did some measurements on my big HD, and it appears the fastest
> > tracks are around 1/3 of the way.
>
> >From outside or inside ??
Who knows? :-)
I assume it is from the outside, but in fact we can't really know how the
manufacturer distributes the lba to h,t, & s translation.
What I did was partition the new hd in 20 or 30 partitions, roughly equal
size, and test them all in sequence with hdparm. Then I organized my real
partitions based on the results :-)
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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