On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 09:58:57PM -0600, Yaron wrote:
> 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.
How is that relevant to an actual _installation_ of the operating
system? You are not placing any OS files on that drive anyway.
With modern filesystems (btrfs and zfs) that use on-demand allocation,
the actual size of the block device becomes less relevant. Running
badblocks will take forever and a day, no matter what.
Cheers,
florin
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