Subject: Re: Comments about current sysinst (with 1.6ZA)
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: tech-install
Date: 09/14/2003 11:31:15
On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 06:11:58PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> 
> "Julio M. Merino Vidal" <jmmv@menta.net> writes:
> > /var should appear before /usr, imho.  Why?  Because the beginning
> > of the disk is faster than the end,
> 
> Have you tried benchmarking that lately? I suspect you would be hard
> pressed to find much effect on a modern drive.

For sequential reads it is noticable - look at any disk benchmarks.
(in fact it is only noticable on new drivers)

	David

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