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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
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    > 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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