besides you can use "badblocks" Warning because it could be data destructive. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/badblocks Regards, On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Simon Brand <simon.brand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >> 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@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 >> > > You can use smartctl to verify a hd problem. > -- Ing. Ary Kleinerman Building Networks S.A. Córdoba, Argentina +54 351 5544150
