This doesn't appear to be related to parted. You should check dmesg for more information on why mkfs failed.
carl hansen writes: > start reading at the end. > > > 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
