Try mkfs on a 7TB RAID.

On Mar 8, 2011, at 9:33 PM, Yaron wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Mar 2011, Samael wrote:
> 
>> windows xp is horrible to install on a large hard drive (unless you quick
>> format).
> 
> Just because most Linux distributions default to a quick-format doesn't make Linux in general faster. When I get a new drive, or even more so when I'm repurposing a fairly OLD drive, I tell mkfs to actually check for bad blocks. And let me tell you, that takes FOREVER.
> 
> 
> -Yaron
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