Subject: Re: consensus on systinst partitioning
To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: current-users
Date: 06/11/2003 19:34:03
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 05:33:18PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> >
> > You should also know that there's a performance disadvantage to having
> > multiple active partitions on the same disk.
>
> is it really true?
>
>
> it was true (with much difference) with linux at least 2.2.* kernels
I don't think it's true for *BSD. I didn't run any tests but I can't see
why this would make a difference.
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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI. Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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