if err = checkFormatErasureValues(formatConfigs, storageDisks, setDriveCount); err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}

	// All disks report unformatted we should initialized everyone.
	if shouldInitErasureDisks(sErrs) && firstDisk {
		logger.Info("Formatting %s pool, %v set(s), %v drives per set.",
			humanize.Ordinal(poolCount), setCount, setDriveCount)

		// Initialize erasure code format on disks

	i := 0
	for _, err1 := range errs {
		if err1 == err || errors.Is(err1, err) {
			i++
		}
	}
	return i
}

// Does all errors indicate we need to initialize all disks?.
func shouldInitErasureDisks(errs []error) bool {
	return countErrs(errs, errUnformattedDisk) == len(errs)
}

// Check if unformatted disks are equal to 50%+1 of all the drives.
func quorumUnformattedDisks(errs []error) bool {