GParted 0.12.1 --enable-libparted-dmraid

Libparted 2.3
Delete /dev/sda1 (unknown, 56.27 GiB) from /dev/sda  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )

calibrate /dev/sda1  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )

path: /dev/sda1
start: 2,048
end: 118,007,807
size: 118,005,760 (56.27 GiB)
delete partition  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )

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Create Primary Partition #1 (ext2, 52.73 GiB) on /dev/sda  00:02:03    ( ERROR )

create empty partition  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )

path: /dev/sda1
start: 2,048
end: 110,594,047
size: 110,592,000 (52.73 GiB)
set partition type on /dev/sda1  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )

new partition type: ext2
create new ext2 file system  00:02:02    ( ERROR )

mkfs.ext2 -L "" /dev/sda1

Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
3457024 inodes, 13824000 blocks
691200 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=0
422 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
mke2fs 1.42.5 (29-Jul-2012)
Warning: could not erase sector 2: Attempt to write block to filesystem resulted in short write
Warning: could not read block 0: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read
Warning: could not erase sector 0: Attempt to write block to filesystem resulted in short write
ext2fs_mkdir: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while creating root dir

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Create Primary Partition #2 (linux-swap, 3.54 GiB) on /dev/sda

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