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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 11:27 AM To: General Discussion about Arch Linux Subject: Re: 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@xxxxxxxxxx> 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. > > > > Any idea why this might be happening? -- Ing. Ary Kleinerman Building Networks S.A. Córdoba, Argentina +54 351 5544150
