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From: werner@molokai.sw.mcc.com (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Inits & Boot Time
Summary: are your INITs located close together on your hard disk?
Keywords: INIT
Message-ID: <2709@molokai.sw.mcc.com>
Date: 1 Aug 89 11:14:08 GMT
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Organization: MCC, Austin, TX
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	Dave Platt reports how changing drivers changed boot time
	significantly.  One aspect that I have not seen mentioned is
	the fact that having INITs located close together (on the same
	cylinder) will cause a tremendous speed difference in booting
	in contrast to the situation where the INITs are all over the
	disk, especially if you have a hard disk (and software) with
	a RAM-cache ... 

	I know, I know, the next question you want answered is how to
	force all INITs onto the same cylinder.  I'll leave that to
	someone else ....

					Cheers,		---Werner

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