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SubjectRe: versioned filesystems in linux (was Re: kernel support for
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Followup to:  <200304251748.h3PHmjQd012895@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
By author: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Of bigger concern is that the inter-block gap is only 0.5 (or maybe 0.75
> inches, the memories are dim ;) - and you need to be able to stop and then get
> back up to speed in that distance (or decelerate, rewind, and get a running
> start).
>

No, you don't. You just need to make sure you don't have the head
active while you overshoot. Performance will *definitely* suffer if
you don't, though, since you'd have to rewind.

-hpa
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