Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!rutgers!ub!canisius!pavlov From: pavlov@canisius.UUCP (Greg Pavlov) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: Maxtor disks & DEC5000 Keywords: Help Message-ID: <2940@canisius.UUCP> Date: 18 Oct 90 01:44:13 GMT References: <768@inesc.UUCP> <1990Oct11.211023.2207@decuac.dec.com> <1990Oct14.205157.27090@decuac.dec.com> Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo N.Y. 14208 Lines: 18 In article <1990Oct14.205157.27090@decuac.dec.com>, mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) writes: > In article <2933@canisius.UUCP> pavlov@canisius.UUCP (Greg Pavlov) writes: > > > I have played with the tunefs parameters many times - particularly rotat- > > ional delay. I have noticed that I do not see any difference ........ > > Yep, I've never managed to squeeze the legendary Massive Benefits > of tweaking rotational delay out of the disks, either. .......... > So what is the rationale for proposing it as a possible solution for the original Maxtor problem ? I still don't get it...... greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny pavlov@stewart.fstrf.org