Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Sata hard drive speed question

2018-12-13 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 13/12/2018 11:18, Dale wrote: >> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>> >>> 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 partiti

[gentoo-user] Re: Sata hard drive speed question

2018-12-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 13/12/2018 11:18, Dale wrote: 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 tr

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Sata hard drive speed question

2018-12-13 Thread Dale
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

[gentoo-user] Re: Sata hard drive speed question

2018-12-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Sata hard drive speed question

2018-12-12 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 13/12/2018 09:11, Dale wrote: >> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>> On 13/12/2018 02:48, Dale wrote: Howdy, I bought a 8TB hard drive.  Seagate 8TB 5E8 Exos ST8000AS0003 is the exact model info.  It seems to be slow. >>> >>> What's the output of: >>> >>>

[gentoo-user] Re: Sata hard drive speed question

2018-12-12 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 13/12/2018 09:11, Dale wrote: Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 13/12/2018 02:48, Dale wrote: Howdy, I bought a 8TB hard drive.  Seagate 8TB 5E8 Exos ST8000AS0003 is the exact model info.  It seems to be slow. What's the output of: sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda (Assuming it's the sda drive.) W

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Sata hard drive speed question

2018-12-12 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 13/12/2018 02:48, Dale wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> I bought a 8TB hard drive.  Seagate 8TB 5E8 Exos ST8000AS0003 is the >> exact model info.  It seems to be slow. > > What's the output of: > > sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda > > (Assuming it's the sda drive.) > > > Well, after a l

[gentoo-user] Re: Sata hard drive speed question

2018-12-12 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 13/12/2018 02:48, Dale wrote: Howdy, I bought a 8TB hard drive.  Seagate 8TB 5E8 Exos ST8000AS0003 is the exact model info.  It seems to be slow. What's the output of: sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda (Assuming it's the sda drive.)