[clug] udisks

[Eyal Lebedinsky]

On 16/03/18 15:00, Bryan Kilgallin via linux wrote:
> I have a7.7 GB USB drive. It has a 4.3 GB partition formatted FAT (32-bit version). With the remainder free space, reportedly 3.5 GB.
> 
> I was hoping to format the latter with a different filesystem type. Such as HFS plus (HFS+) for use with an old Mac. That runs OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger).
> 
> Under Ubuntu, I have been using Disks: "gnome-disk-utility 3.18.3.1
> UDisks 2.1.7 (built against 2.1.7)". In which I select the USB drive, followed by the Free Space volume. Then I click `+' (Create partition in unallocated space). In the Create Partition window, I choose from the Type menu, "Custom (enter filesystem type)". But in the Filesystem field, I have been unable to guess any entry-text that works!
> 
> The default shown is "btrfs". But leaving that in, clicking "Create"--yields "Error formatting partition: Error creating file system: Error spawning command-line `mkfs.btrfs -L "Btrfs" "/dev/sdf2"': Failed to execute child process "mkfs.btrfs" (No such file or directory) (g-exec-error-quark, 8) (udisks-error-quark, 0)".
> 
> Whereas entering in the Filesystem field "hfsplus"--yields "Error formatting partition: Creation of file system type hfsplus is not supported (udisks-error-quark, 11)".

I am not running Ubuntu or using gnome, but I understand that Ubuntu has a package 'hfsplus'
that provides the mkfs.hfsplus utility. You can always run it directly from the command line.

> And entering in the Filesystem field anything else (say "HFS plus")--crashes Disks! Leaving "Partition 2: 3.4 GB Unknown", with Partition Type "Linux Filesystem", and Contents "Unknown".

HTH

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