With Natty release in kvm with usb flash attached:
- with usb flash containing an iso image (copied with dd) usb-creator-gtk offers only the option to erase the flash and fails to do so, gparted fails to repartition
- repartitioning with cfdisk creates a partition table that gparted understands. Created a single fat32 partition over the whole device. usb-creator-gtk offers only the option to erase device which again fails.
- created a fat32 filesystem over the whole device (superfloppy) usb-creator-gtk offers only the option to erase disk which fails
The error gparted reports in terminal:
Input/output error during write on /dev/sda
Error fsyncing/closing /dev/sda: Input/output error
As the only error in GUI is reported when creating the partition table I guess this is the cause.
Interestingly, the partition table is created. cfdisk does not have this issue while creating a partition table.
Another interesting thing is that rebooting with the flash disk already partitioned and formatted fixes the issue.
usb-creator-gtk offers the option to make a startup disk then.
With Natty release in kvm with usb flash attached:
- with usb flash containing an iso image (copied with dd) usb-creator-gtk offers only the option to erase the flash and fails to do so, gparted fails to repartition
- repartitioning with cfdisk creates a partition table that gparted understands. Created a single fat32 partition over the whole device. usb-creator-gtk offers only the option to erase device which again fails.
- created a fat32 filesystem over the whole device (superfloppy) usb-creator-gtk offers only the option to erase disk which fails
The error gparted reports in terminal:
Input/output error during write on /dev/sda
Error fsyncing/closing /dev/sda: Input/output error
As the only error in GUI is reported when creating the partition table I guess this is the cause.
Interestingly, the partition table is created. cfdisk does not have this issue while creating a partition table.
Another interesting thing is that rebooting with the flash disk already partitioned and formatted fixes the issue.
usb-creator-gtk offers the option to make a startup disk then.