Re: Problem with Asus P4C800-DX and P4 -Northwood-

Dmitry Torokhov
2005-07-25T20:06:59Z

On 7/25/05, Andreas Baer <lnx1@gmx.net> wrote:
>
> >>
> >>Here I have
> >>
> >> /dev/hda: 26.91 MB/sec
> >> /dev/hda1: 26.90 MB/sec (Windows FAT32)
> >> /dev/hda7: 17.89 MB/sec (Linux EXT3)
> >>
> >>Could you give me a reason how this is possible?
> >
> >
> > a reason for what ? the fact that the notebook performs faster than the
> > desktop while slower on I/O ?
>
> No, a reason why the partition with Linux (ReiserFS or Ext3) is always slower
> than the Windows partition?
>

Because of geometry issues hard drive can't not deliver constant data
rate off the plates. Your windows partition is on "faster" part of the
drive.

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Dmitry