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GParted 0.32.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid --enable-online-resize Libparted 3.2 Create Primary Partition #1 (ext4, 3.64 TiB) on /dev/sda 00:02:07 ( ERROR ) create empty partition 00:00:19 ( SUCCESS ) path: /dev/sda1 (partition) start: 2048 end: 7814035455 size: 7814033408 (3.64 TiB) Set partition name to "T4" on /dev/sda1 00:00:18 ( SUCCESS ) clear old file system signatures in /dev/sda1 00:00:13 ( SUCCESS ) write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS) write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 274877906944 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 4000784580608 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 4000785039360 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 4000785096704 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) flush operating system cache of /dev/sda 00:00:09 ( SUCCESS ) set partition type on /dev/sda1 00:00:14 ( SUCCESS ) new partition type: ext4 create new ext4 file system 00:01:03 ( ERROR ) mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L ʼT4seagatecarlʼ ʼ/dev/sda1ʼ 00:01:03 ( ERROR ) 64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to rectify. Creating filesystem with 976754176 4k blocks and 244195328 inodes Filesystem UUID: b9c7a5e8-ab9c-443d-b8d0-aef15cc0d799 Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968, 102400000, 214990848, 512000000, 550731776, 644972544 Allocating group tables: done Writing inode tables: done Creating journal (262144 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: 82/29809 mke2fs 1.44.4 (18-Aug-2018) mkfs.ext4: Input/output error while writing out and closing file system