Formatting external hard drive

[Andre Campos Rodovalho]

*error fsyncing*/*closing*/dev/sdf: *input*/*output error*

This Error makes me think you have a defective drive, or defective cable,
or is trying to use a USB3 drive on a USB2 port, that might not throw
enough energy...

Try to read the system log and see if any other relevant error msg is
shown. You can use the command dmesg to do so.


2015-11-02 17:53 GMT-02:00 Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com>:

> Den 2015-11-02 kl. 20:26, skrev Wilbert Heeringa:
> > Dear everybody,
> >
> > I'm trying to format an external harddrive (Seagate Backup Plus 4 TB)
> > with parted. When doing so, this results in an error message:
> >
> > /error fsyncing///closing//dev/sdf: /input///output error
> >
> > /
> > Both gparted anddisk utility did not work either, butparted was the only
> > program that gave a real error message.
> >
> > Does anyone have an idea how to proceed with this?
> >
> > Best,
> > Wilbert
> >
> >
>
> Hi Wilbert,
>
> You need a GUID partition table, GPT (instead of the classical MSDOS
> partition table) to manage drives with more than 2 TB.
>
> I'm not sure if USB 2 can manage more than 2 TB. I know USB 3 and eSATA
> can manage it.
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
>
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