Been there, done that (; This is how I know it takes forever. On Tue, 8 Mar 2011, Ryan Coleman wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -Yaron --