I have used RH6.0, 6.2, 7.0 and soon 7.1 with no problems in partitioning
I agree that if you select to have the partitions tested they take longer.
For a 7.0 setup on a 4G drive the entire drive was partitioned and tested
in about 2 hours (about the same time as Fdisk and Format C: combined).
I think your install is hung. I know that there is a way to partition the
disk and not do the drive test.
Larry :-) I would have answered sooner but I've been gone 4 days.
----- Original Message -----
From: <sotl155360@earthlink.net>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Participations
> Glen Canaday wrote:
> >
> > On Sunday 29 April 2001 09:04, you wrote:
> > > Question how long (in days) should it take to format a 45 GB hard
drive?
> > > 1, 2 4 , 10 et.
> >
> > If you spend more than 20 minutes on this, I'll be surprised.
> >
> > Glen
>
> So far I have 39 Hours in it and the last time I looked it was still
> formatting /home at 29 GB with /usr at 20 GB yet to go.
>
> Personally this just does not seem right to me but I have no idea of how
> to do it differently now. If I was starting over I would not check
> format for any reason. Nor would I use RH setup to partition a drive.
>
> The question now is how do I get out of this with out trashing a drive?
>
> Thanks
> Frank
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