Control Center->Disks cannot create ext4 partition on 5 TB external USB drive

[Robert Pearson]

I deleted the pre-existing NTFS and got a drive with all space unallocated. When I tried to create an ext4 partition, I got an error about the size of the partition.

Closed Control Center->Disks and used gParted. No problem creating the ext4 partition.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.28.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-36.39-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-36-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: ufsd
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Sat Oct 13 15:40:29 2018
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-disks
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-06 (99 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
ProcEnviron:
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, gnome-control-center doesn't have a disks section though. Are you using the Disks utility rather? Can you make a screenshot if the UI you are speaking about?

Could you also give the exact error (screenshot maybe) and add the journalctl log from around the time of the issue?

[Robert Pearson (rpearsonii)]

Dear Sebastien Bacher,

Yes< I was using the Disks app from the Control Center. I used gParted and solved the problem. Unfortunately I have had to reinstall Ubuntu 3 times since then, so additional data is not available. (Always keep you data in a separate partition from the Linux partition. Then when you have to reinstall Linux, your data stays intact.)

I am currently using the leading edge Ubuntu MATE 18.10 since I am disappointed in the LTS ever since I found that the bug with duplex-printing in LibreOffice for HP printers was reported over 5 YEARS ago and no one has ever been assigned to fix it. They were considering removing the bug since it is so old and has never been fixed.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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