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On 13/12/2018 11:18, Dale wrote: |
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> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>> On 13/12/2018 09:49, Dale wrote: |
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>>> This is what it says right now. |
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>>> /dev/sdb1 2048 15628052479 15628050432 7.3T Linux filesystem |
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>> Just wanted to make sure it's not a 4K alignment issue. It starts at |
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>> 2048 so it's fine. |
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>>> It is still trying to put a ext4 file system on it and it |
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>>> has been about a hour. |
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>> I'd recommend just using mkfs instead of using your own parameters: |
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>> mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 |
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>> It will use the parameters from /etc/mke2fs.conf. This is the safest |
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>> way to format a partition. |
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> May try that next, if it ever finishes this current attempt. It's been |
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> a hour for the current format attempt. I won't be surprised if it gives |
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> up too. |
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Did you check for any errors in dmesg? |
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