On 2009-08-09 11:51 +0200, hce wrote: > Hi, > > I have beening running following command to check an external USB 1 TB > disk for more than 15 hours. I am not clear if the right corner of > 244190007 is the maxinum blocks it should check or not. If it is, it > seems that it has already exceeded the total blocks, but it is still > running. What should I do, just quit it? > > ~$ /sbin/mke2fs -c /dev/sda1 > mke2fs 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006)
This is an old version, and it may be that you hit bug #411838¹ or some other problem that has been fixed in the meantime. I would definitely try a newer version on such a big filesystem. > Filesystem label= > OS type: Linux > Block size=4096 (log=2) > Fragment size=4096 (log=2) > 122109952 inodes, 244190008 blocks This indicates that the right boundary of 244190007 is at least close. Sven ¹ http://bugs.debian.org/411838 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org