Origin of "partition" in storage devices
Jon Elson
elson at pico-systems.com
Tue Feb 1 10:14:02 CST 2022
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
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