I'll attach the kern.log from 15... later Here's more evidence from gdisk that it's working (and it very well may be a hardware error, but it does have 12.04.5 installed on it) pfeiffep@pete-HP:~$ sudo gdisk -l /dev/sdh [sudo] password for pfeiffep: GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.10
Partition table scan: MBR: MBR only BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: not present *************************************************************** Found invalid GPT and valid MBR; converting MBR to GPT format in memory. *************************************************************** Disk /dev/sdh: 78242976 sectors, 37.3 GiB Logical sector size: 512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): 460F1C67-51D0-4BB6-92EA-2C8B8EA62128 Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 78242942 Partitions will be aligned on 1-sector boundaries Total free space is 117909 sectors (57.6 MiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 63 78125062 37.3 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem pfeiffep@pete-HP:~$ sudo gdisk -p /dev/sdh GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1464060 Title: gparted reports a problem with a working drive Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Error recieved: Error fsyncing/closing /dev/sdh: Remote I/O error gparted version 0.18.0 kernel version 3.13.0-53-generic Description: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS This drive is attached to a builtin USB port Device info: Samsung MP0402H ; 37.31 GB This same drive has Ubuntu 12.04.5 installed (3.13.0.32) with gparted 0.11.0 and is working perfectly. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: gparted 0.18.0-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-53.89-generic 3.13.11-ckt19 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-53-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Jun 10 21:29:49 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-04 (432 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily amd64 (20140404) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gparted UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1464060/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp