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.. -- Eero