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 > > -- > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list