Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:03:55 -0500 | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: Problem with Asus P4C800-DX and P4 -Northwood- |
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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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