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 -- Lubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
