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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@gmail.com>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Sata hard drive speed question
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:10:41 +0200
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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 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.

Did you check for any errors in dmesg?