[CentOS] Formatting file system too slow on CentOS

[Eero Volotinen]

2010/5/10 David Suhendrik <david at pnyet.web.id>:
> Dear All,
> I've a new server HP DL 180 G6 with quad core processor, ram 4 GB, hdd
> (WDC) 1x750GB Sata.
> I was confused when installing CentOS 5 64bit on that server, I take
> about two hours to format the ext3 file system. is this normal?

well, that size of ext3 usually takes lot of time. use xfs, if you
want fast format..

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Eero