On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 03:39:01PM -0300, Cristian wrote: > Hello, > > Open bug in launchpad.net > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1797190 > > "I am trying to format a pendrive of 2TB(Purchased in China for ebay). > What I do is the following: > > 1) I start the notebook with Linux 4.18.0-9 > 2) I start with my GNOME session > 3) I connect the pendrive > 4) I open Nautilus > 5) The pendrive in nautilus appears as mounted > 6) In nautilus I hit a right click with the mouse to my pedrive > 7) I choose 'Format' > 8) A window opens where I can only choose between: ext4, NTFS or FAT > 9) I leave the default -> 'NTFS' > 10) Next press > 11) I change to the next window where the information of what is going > to happen appears and I confirm the format > 12) Then I return to nautilius > 13) The pendrive appears in nautilus > 14) It can not be accessed, even though the pendrive is mounted" This looks like a userspace bug. Please work with your distro first to determine if this really is a kernel issue or not. Good luck! greg k-h
