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[koh]

I tried re-formatting HDD as ext2/ext3 by Gparted.
But I can not it.
When I started formatting, Freeze computer soon.
(But I tried formatting small size(until 2GB）Suceeded formatting)

HDD formatting before re-formatting as below,
sda1:Linux-swap　-192MB
sda2:ext2　　　　-100MB
sda3:ext2　　　　-465.4GB
　overall : 465.76GB

So the result my checking as below,
(with help by japanese puppy forum members)
1.Try formatting by another tool.
Tried below 2 tools, but result is same.
-Partation wizard home edition
-GNU parted

2.HDD health check
check by GSmartControl
Identify -over-all health self-assessment test ->passed
Perform test -Complete without error(both short and extend)

3.Format command and result(checked on Gparted 0.5.0)
　　　ntfs:mkntfs -Q -v -L "" /dev/sda 　　　　:Sucessed formatting
　　　ext2:mkfs.ext2 -L ""/dev/sda　　　　　　　　:Missed(But Sucessed until 2GB）
　　　ext3:mkfs.ext3 -L ""/dev/sda　　　　　　　　:Missed(But Sucessed until 2GB）
ext4:mkfs.ext4 -j -O extent -L ""/dev/sda　 :Missed(But Sucessed until 2GB）
　　　xfs :mkfs.xfs -f -L " "/dev/sda :Sucessed formatting

Someone has the idea for solve this issue?
or some trobleshoot method.

[Flash]

The reported size of the partitions before reformatting adds up to more than the 'overall' size. How is that possible?

[bigpup]

Gparted 0.5.0 is very old version.
The latest is 0.14.0-1

Try using this:

Gparted live CD

For partitioning I would suggest you use the Gparted live CD that you can get from here.
You can download a free version to make your own Gparted live CD.
It is up to date and specifically made to run Gparted.
Info:
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
Download:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-stable/

sda1- a swap partition. (good to have) Do need to make it so it and the memory will add up to at least 512MB.
sda2 100MB- not sure what good that small a partition would be in Puppy.

I would suggest deleting all partitions and starting over using the newer version of Gparted.
If all you are putting on the hard drive is Puppy, you really only need 2 partitions. sda1 and sda2 swap.

[koh]

Dear all,

Thanks for suggestion.
I tried using latest Gparted live cd.

So erase current formatting and re-formatting as ext2.
But freezed

So I re-try formatting ntfs.(complete)

and re-formatting as ext3 by terminal inputting.
#sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1(this case issued HDD as sdb)

but freezed until writing inode.

I have no idea

[bigpup]

Use Gparted and delete all partitions so all you have is unallocated space.
Start fresh making partitions and formatting.

[koh]

Dear all,

I did below trial, but did not solve this issue.

1.Gparted live cd latest version.
Erase and make partition table(ＭＳ-DOS) and make new partitions
but formating is error.

2.Erase HDD data by Active@ KillDisk Free Edition
(one pass zero method)
Succeed zero fill.
But formating is error.(By Gparted live cd)

So I do not lost more time for this investigation.
Because this HDD can format another style.

I would like to know which style is better for puppy.

1.NTFS
2.hfs＋
3.jfs
4.reiser4
5.reiserfs
6.xfs　　　
7.nilfs2

xfs is seem better?

[Peterm321]

You might want to consider if any badblocks or disk failure may be part of the problem:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=38632

[koh]

thanks for advice.

But already I checked badblocks.
and result is NO badblocks on HDD.

[postfs1]

[Peterm321]