I confirm this bug for Ubuntu 8.10 64-Bit with gparted 3.8.0 that ships with Ubuntu 8.10.
I tried to re-format an external Freecom HDD drive that had a broken filesystem, apparently due to a crash of Ubuntu's kvpm (http://www.kde- apps.org/content/show.php/kvpm?content=98298). Trying to format this HDD with gparted in ext3, the first time gparted made my whole system freeze completely. After reboot, I tried to format the HDD again and gparted told me that everything had been formatted fine. However, after refreshing, gparted told me that this HDD had an "unknown filesystem". (Just to be complete: I then formatted it NTFS and gparted again told me everything was fine. Trying to copy some files onto this HDD, however, Ubuntu stopped copying and reported an I/O error. Checking on a Windows system as suggested by Ubuntu, I then noticed that the filesystem created by gparted was inconsistent (chkdsk /f).) ** Changed in: gparted (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Summary changed: - Gparted freezes with external USB HD + Intrepid, Hardy: Gparted freezes with external USB HD -- Intrepid, Hardy: Gparted freezes with external USB HD https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121943 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
