Re: Grendel - Linux file system testing - long post

["Leonard den Ottolander" <leonardjo hetnet nl>]

Hi Mark,

>    What I'd like to do is mount each of the new Linux partitions (hda4,
> hda8, hda9 & hda10 - currently all ext2), check that they are all working, and
> then convert each of them to a different file system for testing. This keeps
> all the file systems on the same drive and HD controller.

 When comparing performance of the different partitions note that disks get 
slower on the inside, ie reading from hda8 will be somewhat faster than 
reading from hda9. The difference can be quite noticable, especially if the 
partitions are large in size. Check with hdparm.

Bye,
Leonard.