GParted 0.12.1 --enable-libparted-dmraid

Libparted 2.3

Delete /dev/sdd1 (fat32, 505.00 GiB) from /dev/sdd  00:14:37    ( SUCCESS )
    
calibrate /dev/sdd1  00:04:15    ( SUCCESS )
    
path: /dev/sdd1
start: 1,640
end: 1,059,061,759
size: 1,059,060,120 (505.00 GiB)
delete partition  00:10:22    ( SUCCESS )

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Create Primary Partition #1 (ext3, 505.00 GiB) on /dev/sdd  12:52:16    ( ERROR )
    
create empty partition  00:17:32    ( SUCCESS )
    
path: /dev/sdd1
start: 2,048
end: 1,059,061,759
size: 1,059,059,712 (505.00 GiB)
set partition type on /dev/sdd1  00:07:16    ( SUCCESS )
    
new partition type: ext3
create new ext3 file system  12:27:28    ( ERROR )
    
mkfs.ext3 -L "ark1" /dev/sdd1
    
Filesystem label=ark1
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
33095680 inodes, 132382464 blocks
6619123 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=0
4040 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968,
102400000

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: 1/4040
mke2fs 1.42.5 (29-Jul-2012)

Warning, had trouble writing out superblocks.

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