| plshelp | hey i tried to wipe a drive with the livecd i had but i keep getting an error | 01:39 |
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| plshelp | on my mac it was "unable to write to the last block of the device" | 01:39 |
| plshelp | now it's "Input/output error (udisks-error-quark, 0)" | 01:40 |
| wxl | sorry not getting it plshelp (hehe) what are you trying to do with what how? | 01:40 |
| plshelp | trying to wipe/reformat an external hdd because it had permissions | 01:42 |
| plshelp | i read on a forum that linux could maybe finish formatting when mac couldn't | 01:43 |
| wxl | so you're trying to use a lubuntu livecd (which version?) on a mac (what type?) to format an external hdd (usb or firewire?) using what specific software? and what do you mean by "permissions?" | 01:43 |
| wxl | also plshelp this may be relevant https://askubuntu.com/questions/377253/unable-to-format-usb-drive-with-disks-udisks-error-quark-0 | 01:47 |
| plshelp | 16.10 on late 2011 mbp (and then ibm thinkpad t43 w/ livecd) using usb2 a to b to hp personal media drive hd0000 | 02:29 |
| plshelp | using accessories > disks on lubuntu | 02:30 |
| plshelp | um. how do i unmount the drive in lubuntu? sorry i'm disadvantaged | 02:37 |
| plshelp | Error formatting disk Error creating file system: Command-line 'parted -script "/dev/sdb" mktable msdos' exited with non-zero exit status 1: Error: (udisks-error-quark, 0) | 02:46 |
| lynorian | plshelp, is this 16 MB or is it bigger? | 02:48 |
| plshelp | 120gb hdd | 02:53 |
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