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1. Hard Drive Formatting issues.
   

   Okay, so, im running Trusty Tahr, the computor is a Hp Pav. Dm3 1039-wm( just covering the bases). The harddrive i’m trying to format is actually, the drive for the computor, so that i can install Trusty on it clean. I’m using a harddrive enclosure, ad it has worked for numerous other jubs. When I use the Disk utility to delete a partition, it reads

   Error creating file system: Command-line `mkntfs -f -F -L «Name-Goes-Here» «/dev/sdb1″‘ exited with non-zero exit status 1:
   stdout: `Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.
   Creating NTFS volume structures.
   ‘
   stderr: `Error writing to /dev/sdb1: Input/output error
   Error writing non-resident attribute value.
   add_attr_sd failed: Input/output error
   Couldn’t create root directory: Input/output error
   Failed to fsync device /dev/sdb1: Input/output error
   Warning: Could not close /dev/sdb1: Input/output error
   ‘ (udisks-error-quark, 0)

   When i try to mount it, it reads

   Error mounting /dev/sdb4 at /media/ubuntu/(Drivename): Command-line `mount -t «vfat» -o «uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=999,gid=999,shor tname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush» «/dev/sdb4» «/media/ubuntu/(Drivename)»‘ exited with non-zero exit status 32: mount: /dev/sdb4: can’t read superblock

   Please, does anyone know how to help? My goal is to format the disk, and install ubuntu. I have tried to just install ubuntu using the launcher, but gives me an error message.

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2. Re: Hard Drive Fomatting issues.
   

   Edit: OK, I see you were really trying to delete a partition. If disk utility does not work, you can try Gparted.

   If you want to erase the entire disk — this will erase ALL partitions including any HP recovery partitions for Windows, so make sure this is really what you wish to do! — at last resort you could issue this command:

   Code:

   sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=2048 count=8

   Assuming /dev/sdb is your HP hard drive — if not, replace it with the correct device ID. Be CAREFUL with the dd command or you could erase the wrong thing!

   Then you may need to create a partition table — either Gparted or Disk Utility can do this — before the installation.

   Last edited by weatherman2; January 21st, 2015 at 04:10 AM.

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3. Re: Hard Drive Fomatting issues.
   

   Thank you fr the prompt response, sorry I wasn’t here to respond. I did as you said, and all i got was

   (Code)

   8+0 Records in
   8+0 records out
   16284 bytes (16 kB) copied, 0.449833 s, 36.4 kB/s

   (/code)

   and it did nothing. I rebooted, did multiple other things, but got the exact same errors, and the disk utility still says it’s partitioned…
   It’s probably my error, but i have no idea where i went wrong.

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4. Re: Hard Drive Fomatting issues.
   

   You have to make sure /dev/sdb is your actual disk device. if not, the dd command will do nothing.

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5. Re: Hard Drive Fomatting issues.
   

   It’s drive /dev/sda, and ive been putting that in. It’s still doing zip. I’ve tried to do it on two separate computers now, and i’m still bashing my head against a wall. It won’t mount anything but one of the partitions(and that gets errors and doesn’t actually mount too), does that hold any weight?

   edit: the problem is always and ‘input/output’ error. seemed obvious, but hey, i dont know whats important info.

   Last edited by rick_ratliff2; January 24th, 2015 at 07:35 AM.

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6. Re: Hard Drive Fomatting issues.
   

   Check the drive’s S.M.A.R.T. status with GSmartControl (you’ll have to install it probably). Run the short test there (takes about 2 minutes) and make sure the drive is actually good.

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7. Re: Hard Drive Fomatting issues.
   

   Thanks for the continued help weatherman. Um it’s labeling it as «unknown model» and whenever i try to scan it, it returns an unknown error occurred.

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8. Re: Hard Drive Fomatting issues.
   

   If connected by USB, sometimes SmartMonTools (which GSmartControl uses) has trouble accessing a USB drive. In that case, try adding the options «-d sat» and/or «-T permissive» (without the quotes) as options for the smartctl command. There’s a place to add them within GSmartControl. You can also run the smartctl command directly in a terminal but it’s less friendly to use it that way.

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9. Re: Hard Drive Fomatting issues.
   

   It’s just telling me the same old thing… hang on, No identify device structure detected… well dang. no clue what that means.

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10. Re: Hard Drive Fomatting issues.
    

    Are you planning to use this hard drive as an internal drive in a computer, or are you hoping to use it as an external hard drive and install Ubuntu on it?

    If you are using the USB adapter just for preparation, I’d install the drive back in the original computer and try using a live boot USB to boot Ubuntu and try formatting there. I suspect there is some incompatibility between your USB adapter and Ubuntu and/or the drive and the USB adapter.

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I have an HDD bought a few years I have not touch since at least a year.
When connecting it to my laptop, the drive does not appear in the drive list in the file explorer.

I used fdisk to be sure it was connected and detected as /dev/sdb:

berhthun@debian:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for berhthun: 

Disque /dev/sda : 465,8 GiB, 500107862016 octets, 976773168 secteurs
Unités : secteur de 1 × 512 = 512 octets
Taille de secteur (logique / physique) : 512 octets / 4096 octets
taille d'E/S (minimale / optimale) : 4096 octets / 4096 octets
Type d'étiquette de disque : dos
Identifiant de disque : 0x0b1495d8

Device     Boot    Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *        2048  40011775  40009728  19,1G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2       40011776 976773167 936761392 446,7G  5 Extended
/dev/sda5       40013824  56307711  16293888   7,8G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6       56309760 976773119 920463360 438,9G 83 Linux

Disque /dev/sdb : 465,7 GiB, 500074283008 octets, 976707584 secteurs
Unités : secteur de 1 × 512 = 512 octets
Taille de secteur (logique / physique) : 512 octets / 512 octets
taille d'E/S (minimale / optimale) : 512 octets / 512 octets
Type d'étiquette de disque : dos
Identifiant de disque : 0x00038e76

Device     Boot Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1        2048 976707583 976705536 465,7G 83 Linux

After lookin on the Internet, I tried to use mkfs command to format it:

berhthun@debian:~$ sudo mkfs.ntfs /dev/sdb1
[sudo] password for berhthun: 
Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.
Initializing device with zeroes: 100% - Done.
Creating NTFS volume structures.
Error writing to /dev/sdb1: Erreur d'entrée/sortie
Error writing non-resident attribute value.
add_attr_sd failed: Erreur d'entrée/sortie
Couldn't create root directory: Erreur d'entrée/sortie
Failed to fsync device /dev/sdb1: Erreur d'entrée/sortie
Warning: Could not close /dev/sdb1: Erreur d'entrée/sortie
berhthun@debian:~$ 

I went to gnome-disks, the HDD is also detected. Partition format is unknown. It tells me the disk have a 500 Go space and that’s it.

If I try to format the drive, it also tells me an error message:

Erreur lors du formatage du disque
Error creating file system: Command-line `parted --script "/dev/sdb" mktable msdos' exited with non-zero exit status 1: Error: Erreur d'entrée/sortie during read on /dev/sdb
Error: Erreur d'entrée/sortie during write on /dev/sdb
 (udisks-error-quark, 0)

What can I do to make it work again ?
Thank you for your help.

Update after Stephen Kitt comment:
When using dmesg I find the following errors about the hdd:

[  748.613769] end_request: critical medium error, dev sdb, sector 976707456
[  748.613777] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 122088432
[  756.133563] end_request: critical medium error, dev sdb, sector 976707456
[  756.133571] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 122088432
[  868.845815] end_request: critical medium error, dev sdb, sector 976707456
[  868.845821] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 122088176
[  945.172666] end_request: critical medium error, dev sdb, sector 976707456
[  945.172674] Buffer I/O error on device sdb1, logical block 122088176
[  975.727890] end_request: critical medium error, dev sdb, sector 976707456
[  975.727898] Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 122088432

And so on.

I’m new to Tails (and Linux) and would greatly appreciate any help.

I’m following the guide for installing Tails from Windows. I’ve successfully booted from an intermediary installation of Tails 3.2 on a USB stick, but cannot clone it to the second USB stick. When I try to do so, I get the following log:

Partitioning device /dev/sdc1

GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Error.Failed: Error creating file system: Command-line `parted —script «/dev/sdc1» mktable gpt’ exited with a non-zero exit status 1: Error: Partition(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 on /dev/sdc1 have been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change, probably because it/they are in use. As a result, the old partition(s) will remain in use. You should reboot now before making further changes. Tails installation failed!

udisks-error-quark: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Error.Failed: Error creating file system: Command-line `parted —script «/dev/sdc1» mktable gpt’ exited with a non-zero exit status 1: Error: Partition(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 on /dev/sdc1 have been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change, probably because it/they are in use. As a result, the old partition(s) will remain in use. You should reboot now before making further changes.

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I’ve tried multiple USB sticks, none of which are on the list of problematic ones, but they all give the same error. Any insight would be helpful. Thanks!

EDIT: My intermediary Tails was on a SanDisk Ultra Fit 16GB, and I tried to install the final Tails on another USB of the same type and on a PNY 8GB. My computer is an ASUS G11CB.

RESOLVED! I still don’t know what the problem was. I used the SanDisk that I had used before, went into Utilities -> Disks, reformatted the drive, unplugged it, started the Tails installer, then plugged it back in, and it worked. Just starting the installer before plugging it in did not work. I’m not sure if any of that had an effect, but you’re welcome to join my cargo cult.