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SubjectRe: System hang on IDE drive mkfs
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> What version of mke2fs are you running?  IIRC, earlier versions
> had problems with filesystems over 2G. Try getting 1.10 from
> tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/ext2fs and see what happens..

The old mke2fs can indeed not create file systems over 2Gb however a
busy status from the disk like that normally indicates its a device
in the "please return doorstop to vendor" category


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