Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:18:40 +0200 (CEST) | From | Simon Richter <> | Subject | Re: Partition nightmare Was: Migrating to larger numbers |
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On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Riley Williams wrote:
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> > Well I have 10 partitions at home on only one disk.
> Perhaps one of you can analyse my setup and advise how many extra > seeks per boot would be required:
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> At a quick count, I make that 61 partitions to check on each mount...
Well, usually you mount all your harddisks on bootup, and I don't care if the system seeks a few partitions every five years. :-)
No, seriously: Most, if not all, mounts you do while the system is running are referencing devices anyway (/dev/fd0, /dev/cdrom, ...). Those few that remain usually happen shortly after another, and most likely at bootup, where much physical memory is still available.
So why not read in that information once at bootup, act upon it and throw it away after some time or when a program tells us to?
Simon
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