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Re: Linux Il



On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Ariel Biener wrote:

> > Your /dev/sda1 is probably the swap partition.
> 
> And if it is, just for the record, it is VERY bad practice to have the
> swap partition as the 1st partition.

since it seems to be that the fastest tracks of the disks I used lately
are in the beginning, I see no harm in that.

funny. up untill 2-3 years ago, the end of the disk was fastest, anyone
has any ideas when did that switch?

One thing I will agree to: if you have a REALLY busy server and the disk
is 5 gigs and over, it's better to locate the swap near the center of the
disk, so the head travels less. on a REALLY busy server, put it on the
least used disk altogether (read: not on the same disk as root or webcache
or whatever is read a lot). but for home systems beginning of the disk is
fine...


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