> > for ext2 it'll take about that... it takes about 5 seconds to do 10 > > seconds to do 5 gigs... > > So for you it is normal ? For msdso format, superformat takes about one > minute (format+check), whereas kfloppy takes about two seconds...
hmm...let me run some tests outside of kfloppy... as you see below... mkdosfs taks about 5.6 seconds and mke2fs takes 2.5 the only difference between this and running kfloppy is I don't see the output below. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ time mkdosfs /dev/fd0 mkdosfs 2.6 (28 Nov 2000) real 0m5.670s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.050s [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ time mke2fs /dev/fd0 mke2fs 1.19, 13-Jul-2000 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=1024 (log=0) Fragment size=1024 (log=0) 184 inodes, 1440 blocks 72 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=1 1 block group 8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group 184 inodes per group Writing inode tables: done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done real 0m2.586s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.060s -- ---------------- Ivan E. Moore II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://snowcrash.tdyc.com GPG KeyID=90BCE0DD GPG Fingerprint=F2FC 69FD 0DA0 4FB8 225E 27B6 7645 8141 90BC E0DD
