Origin of "partition" in storage devices

[Jon Elson]

On 2/1/22 04:02, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
>
> One of our favourite small PC builders, Panrix, questioned this. They
> reckoned that having the swap file on the outer, longer tracks of the
> drive made it slower, due to slower access times and slower transfer
> speeds. They were adamant.
>
HUH?  Yes, the outer tracks ARE longer, but the whole 
platter spins at the same angular velocity, so there can't 
be any speed difference!  Did they think there is a whole 
bunch of magnetic tape inside the drive?  Wow!

Jon