[arch-general] talkingarch problems formatting partitions

[Simon Brand]

Am 12.03.2014 19:38, schrieb Don Raikes:
> Hi Ary,
> 
> I tried using:
> 
> # mkfs -t ext2 /dev/sda1
> 
> And got the same results.
> After a reboot, I tried:
> # mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sda3
> 
> And got a lot of messages about how there is a problem with the disk, so I am now suspecting that my hdd has gone bad, so I will need to wait on installing arch until I have a new drive.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ary Kleinerman [mailto:akleinerman at buinet.com.ar] 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 11:27 AM
> To: General Discussion about Arch Linux
> Subject: Re: [arch-general] talkingarch problems formatting partitions
> 
> Have you tried with other filesystem type, to see what happens? Maybe it could be a bug
> 
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Don Raikes <DON.RAIKES at oracle.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I downloaded the talkingarch-20140203-dual.iso yesterday and want to install it onto my desktop system.
>>
>>
>>
>> I booted into the talkingarchlinux system no problems, and used parted to create the partitions on my hard disk.
>>
>>
>>
>> When I go to format the partitions, as soon as I enter the command:
>>
>>
>>
>> # mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sda1
>>
>>
>>
>> The entire system locks up. I have to do a hard reboot of the system to get anything working again.
>>
>>
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>> Any idea why this might be happening?
> 
> 
> 
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> Ing. Ary Kleinerman
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> 

You can use smartctl to verify a hd problem.