On 2017-09-02 02:34, ToddAndMargo wrote: > > I don't know if you guys care about such things, but I just > request that gparted do a disk blank > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1487807 It is a known issue with gparted that when you reformat a partition or disk with something else, it doesn't properly erase at least the critical areas of the previous filesystem, causing problems. One that has been noticed more than once at openSUSE is this: - 'dd' a CD image on an USB stick for operating system installation. For instance, openSUSE-Leap-42.2-NET-x86_64.iso install disk. - Afterwards, use gparted to remove partitions on the stick, create a new partition, format it as FAT32 (with a label). Tumbleweed (at some version) thought the USB to still be a CD (printing its old label) and failed to mount it (because it is FAT). The code detecting filesystem type had to be changed on Tumbleweed, but the cause of the issue is that gparted did not erase the areas at the start of the disk with that information, and the FAT format did not write on them. So this is not a problem with XFS, but a problem caused by gparted (feature needed). You have to manually destroy key areas manually, probably just a few sectors at partition start. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)
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