Hello,

>    Executing: mkfs.ext3  /dev/sda1
>    Command mkfs.ext3  /dev/sda1 had exit code 1

there is a bug in e2fsprogs in debian squeeze. ( 
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583551 )
The bug is fixed in sid, but the package wasn't merged to squeeze, yet.

Best regards,
Manuel Hachtkemper

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