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