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Asked: 2012-10-25 12:17:04 +0800 CST

mkfs.xfs: libxfs_device_zero write failed: Input/output error

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I can't find a way to create a filesystem on one of my disks.

first i'm geting the following output:

[root@~]# mkfs.xfs /dev/sdb1
mkfs.xfs: /dev/sdb1 appears to contain a partition table (dos).
mkfs.xfs: Use the -f option to force overwrite.

after using -F flag:

[root@~]# mkfs.xfs -f /dev/sdb1
meta-data=/dev/sdb1              isize=256    agcount=32, agsize=22892696 blks
         =                       sectsz=512   attr=2
data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=732566272, imaxpct=5
         =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks
naming   =version 2              bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0
log      =internal log           bsize=4096   blocks=357698, version=2
         =                       sectsz=512   sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none                   extsz=4096   blocks=0, rtextents=0
**mkfs.xfs: libxfs_device_zero write failed: Input/output error**

/dev/sdb:

Disk /dev/sdb: 3001GB
 1      1049kB  3001GB  3001GB               primary

Linux:

Centos 6.3 Linux 1 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Jun 22 12:19:21 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

what i've tried so far: recreating partition with parted rm 1

linux

1 Answers

  1. mkfs.xfs: libxfs_device_zero write failed: Input/output error

    The message is very clear: it's a hardware problem. If it's a simple SATA or SAS drive, check connections, look dmesg for driver error messages. You could also give badblocks a try; my guess is that the disk is failing and needs to be replaced, plain and simple.

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