Hi all , I am trying to format a usb attached 500gb sata hdd, I have tried all options CLI, KDE/GNOME partition managers but the format always fails. In /var/log/messages I get:
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538275] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538297] IP: <c033f012>] __block_write_full_page+0x122/0x3d0
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538311] *pdpt = 000000001bc30001 *pde = 0000000000000000
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538320] Oops: 0000 #2] PREEMPT SMP
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538328] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.5/usb1/1-1/1-1.4/1-1.4.3/1-1.4.3:1.0/bInterfaceSubClass
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538338] Modules linked in: nls_utf8 af_packet snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq snd_seq_device edd radeon drm acpi_cpufreq speedstep_lib powernow_k8(+) fuse loop dm_mod snd_hda_codec_atihdmi arc4 ecb cryptomgr aead pcompress crypto_blkcipher crypto_hash crypto_algapi snd_hda_codec_realtek rt61pci crc_itu_t rt2x00pci rt2x00lib input_polldev mac80211 ohci1394 cfg80211 rfkill snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep joydev ieee1394 eeprom_93cx6 r8169 serio_raw pcspkr k8temp i2c_piix4 snd_pcm snd_timer snd snd_page_alloc shpchp pci_hotplug sr_mod cdrom sg ati_agp ext4 jbd2 crc16 processor ide_pci_generic atiixp ide_core ata_generic pata_atiixp thermal_sys [last unloaded: preloadtrace]
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538428]
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538435] Pid: 10257, comm: pdflush Tainted: G D (2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop #1) GA-MA69GM-S2H
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538443] EIP: 0060:<c033f012>] EFLAGS: 00010287 CPU: 0
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538451] EIP is at __block_write_full_page+0x122/0x3d0
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538458] EAX: eeeafc00 EBX: 0d3a042d ECX: 00000002 EDX: c9947f40
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538464] ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: c142fd4c ESP: c142fd08
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538471] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538479] Process pdflush (pid: 10257, ti=c142e000 task=ee898d40 task.ti=c142e000)
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538486] Stack:
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538490] 00000000 0000000e 00000000 c0344240 c142ff1c c033f5a0 00000400 00000001
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538500] <0> f1842e0c f4910860 1d1c2600 00000000 c9947f40 9d51d742 f1842e0c 00000000
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538512] <0> f1842ebc c142fd84 c03401f2 c142ff1c c033f5a0 c033f5a0 c142ff1c c0344240
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538527] Call Trace:
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538542] <c03401f2>] block_write_full_page_endio+0x132/0x150
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] <c034022f>] block_write_full_page+0x1f/0x40
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] <c03451be>] blkdev_writepage+0x1e/0x40
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] <c02db48a>] __writepage+0x1a/0x50
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] <c02dc5e8>] write_cache_pages+0x178/0x3c0
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] <c02dc859>] generic_writepages+0x29/0x50
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] <c02dc8ae>] do_writepages+0x2e/0x60
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] <c0337041>] writeback_single_inode+0x171/0x400
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] <c0337685>] generic_sync_sb_inodes+0x155/0x4a0
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] <c0337a15>] sync_sb_inodes+0x45/0x60
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] <c0337b24>] writeback_inodes+0x54/0xf0
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] <c02dbf22>] background_writeout+0xa2/0xe0
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] <c02dd719>] __pdflush+0xf9/0x200
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] <c02dd863>] pdflush+0x43/0x60
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] <c026e5c4>] kthread+0x84/0x90
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] <c0204d8b>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x1c
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] Code: eb 24 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00 77 05 3b 5d e4 76 1b f0 80 27 fd f0 80 0f 01 8b 7f 04 39 7d ec 74 69 83 c3 01 83 d6 00 3b 75 e8 73 de <8b> 07 a8 20 74 05 f6 c4 02 74 e2 a8 02 90 74 dd 8b 4d d4 3b 4f
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] EIP: <c033f012>] __block_write_full_page+0x122/0x3d0 SS:ESP 0068:c142fd08
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538551] CR2: 0000000000000000
2010-01-13 23:45:49 ceruti-gerard kernel [12570.538554] — end trace c0f6143277589333 ]—
2010-01-13 23:46:34 ceruti-gerard smartd[2409] Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Prefailure Attribute: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate changed from 115 to 116
2010-01-13 23:46:34 ceruti-gerard smartd[2409] Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered changed from 37 to 38
I have 11.2 running , are there any know issues with 11.2 and SATA drives ?.
Thanks Gerard