[Cialug] Big Disks

[Tom Pohl]

I also thought that the density of the outside of the platter was less dense because the angular velocity was greater and each cylinder contained the same amount of data.

-Tom

On Jan 10, 2010, at 9:59 PM, Matt Breitbach wrote:

> I thought it was the other way around - I thought the outside of the platter
> was used first.
> 
> -Matt
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> Lower numbered cylinder heads is the inside of the disk, higher outside.
>   It is however very likely your lower partitions are on the inside of
> the disk, just have a look at the partition layout in fdisk.
> 
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