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On 01/09/2016 10:59, gevisz wrote: |
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> 2016-09-01 11:03 GMT+03:00 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>: |
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>> On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 10:18:29 +0300, gevisz wrote: |
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>>>> it will take about 5 seconds to partition it. |
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>>>> And a few more to mkfs it. |
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>>> Just to partition - may be, but I very much doubt |
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>>> that it will take seconds to create a full-fledged |
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>>> ext4 file system on these 5TB via USB2 connention. |
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>> Even if that were the case, does it really matter? |
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> You are right: it does not matter for the main question. |
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> However, it is an additional reason to think twice and |
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> ask a knowledgeable people before starting. :) |
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>> You said you wanted to use this drive for backups, |
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>> surely doing it right is more important than doing |
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>> it quickly. It's not like you have to hold its hand |
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>> while mkfs is running. |
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> But I would have to keep my fingers crossed so that |
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> there would not be a sudden blackout during the formatting |
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> hard disk anyway. :) |
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Even if it does, so what? |
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Unplug, start over. It's a mkfs, it lays down where the inodes are. You |
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can do it over and over and over and over .... safely |
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Alan McKinnon |
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