If a drive spins at 7200 rpm that would make it a CAV. CDROM's are
CLV. That is why they often tout their max speed. Granted a CAV has
different rates because the linear velocity changes as you move out
radially from the center, but you face less of a challenge as with speeding
up and slowing down the disk which occurs with CDROM's.
On Fri, Jan 14, 2000 at 01:49:58PM -0800, Foo Lim wrote:
> > > Why swap first? (I have no idea)
> > > I have heard it that putting the swap in the first partition will speed
> > > up hard drive access. However, I have never seen proof of this?
> > > Anyone???
> >
> > The swap is closer to the spindle if its the first partition, but its
> > not really
> > noticable these days with drives as fast as they are.
>
> I think the first partition is closer to the outside rings of the HD.
> The linear velocity is higher than near the middle. This is only true for
> CAV (constant angular velocity) hard drives. Are most drives these days
> CLV or CAV? FL
>
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