Re: [i386] install report: 2.4.17-bf kernel (long)
On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 04:09:45PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote:
>
> > - Formatting the partitions: the screen is filled with details about the
> > progress of the ReiserFS-Journal being written. This is confusing for some
>
> Well, on slow harddisks you would like to have more info about the
> problem.
>
> To Jaqque: what's your opinion?
i had added a -q flag, which supressed progress as it happened. this
sped it up significantly for those with slow (read: serial) terminals.
without patching mkreiserfs, there is no way to make it quieter. unless
we were to redirect all output to /dev/null, but i am not certain that
is the right way to go. i do not believe that the mkreiserfs information
is significantly out of characteristic with the other (ext2/ext3) mkfs
programs.
-john
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