Cant format 1TB USB drive ?

[Sam Varshavchik]

Linuxguy123 writes:

> ext2fs_mkdir: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short
> read while creating root dir

Two possibilities:

1) The drive's partition table is fibbing slightly about the drive's size. 
Check /var/log/messages when attaching the drive, to see what they say. Try 
creating a partition one cylinder shorter in size.

2) The drive is a brick.

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