Re: [PLUG] mkfs questions...

[Guillermo Moyna <g.moyna@usip.edu>]

> On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 09:13:02AM -0400, Guillermo Moyna wrote:
> > Question(s). 1) Has anyone seen this before?
>
> I've only experience really long mke2fs times when enabling the "quick"
> (ha!) read-only test (see mke2fs(8), the -c option).

Yeah, after reading a bit more, I realized I should have used mke2fs 
instead of mkfs. However, as you mentioned, mkfs is just a front-end 
that calls the appropriate mkfs.xxxx program. In my case, I think it 
took the 'ext2' from the type of partition I defined first with fdisk.

> > 2) Did I screwed up by rebooting?
>
> At worst, you probably just interrupted mkfs.  You probably didn't hurt
> anything on the rest of the system.

I think things are OK, as I have access to both new disks, I can 
mount them across the network, and 'fsck -f' tells me that they are 
both fine (this takes forever, though). Now I only have to figure out 
a neat way of reeling copious amounts of IDE/SCSI/power cables cables 
into a mid-tower...

Thnx,

Guillermo

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