From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5423138330 for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2016 09:05:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2544D21C1C8; Thu, 1 Sep 2016 09:04:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost03d.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost03d.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.23]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0982C21C1B3 for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2016 09:04:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.83.178] (helo=mail.digimed.co.uk) by smarthost03d.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1bfNvY-0000Ns-7A for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2016 09:04:52 +0000 Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B28745371B4 for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2016 10:04:51 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 10:04:51 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Is it still advisable to partition a big hard drive? Message-ID: <20160901100451.7c68f806@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <7d89dbe6-6b4d-7812-7d88-edb87b0922e0@gmail.com> <20160901090317.1a1bd0bd@digimed.co.uk> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/fYeKDaV2dr1.+Rd4Lgw.i4Y"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Originating-smarthost03d-IP: [82.69.83.178] Feedback-ID: 82.69.83.178 X-Archives-Salt: 4806fb8c-5d59-4e09-b35e-9b7ba18f77df X-Archives-Hash: b15878508136fa1b221c647c45dd0eea --Sig_/fYeKDaV2dr1.+Rd4Lgw.i4Y Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 11:59:55 +0300, gevisz wrote: > > You said you wanted to use this drive for backups, > > surely doing it right is more important than doing > > it quickly. It's not like you have to hold its hand > > while mkfs is running. =20 >=20 > But I would have to keep my fingers crossed so that > there would not be a sudden blackout during the formatting > hard disk anyway. :) Nah, just start again. It's only after the power goes out for the third time that you decide the Universe hates you and give up! --=20 Neil Bothwick Q: What's the second worst sound you can hear a sysadmin make? A: Uh-oh Q: And the worst sound? A: Oops.... --Sig_/fYeKDaV2dr1.+Rd4Lgw.i4Y Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAlfH7zMACgkQum4al0N1GQMD4QCgh1L4+3qkQjsBHm8W7T4U6zlr iVIAoJI41aCbrkYmpsy45H2Y8/3bv+rm =nvHd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/fYeKDaV2dr1.+Rd4Lgw.i4Y--