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Topic: error while attempting to partition drive for ext4 file system

I get the following error while attempting to partition drive for ext4 file system:

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GParted 0.8.1 --enable-libparted-dmraid

Libparted 2.3
Create Primary Partition #1 (ext4, 143.43 GiB) on /dev/sda  00:00:34    ( ERROR )
        
create empty partition  00:00:13    ( SUCCESS )
        
path: /dev/sda1
start: 2048
end: 300795903
size: 300793856 (143.43 GiB)
set partition type on /dev/sda1  00:00:10    ( SUCCESS )
        
new partition type: ext4
create new ext4 file system  00:00:11    ( ERROR )
        
mkfs.ext4 -j -O extent -L "" /dev/sda1
        
mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
Could not stat /dev/sda1 --- No such file or directory

The device apparently does not exist; did you specify it correctly?
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I'm running gparted from Puppy Linux 5.5.5 (Slacko).

Any help is appreciated.

2 Reply by class413

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Re: error while attempting to partition drive for ext4 file system

Could you please give a try with the latest live cd or live usb?
The live version contains updated kernel, libraries and gparted code.

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