hi,
(1) maybe i try parted magic, but since it is based on gparted it might also crash
i tried to check the partition table with parted
parted /dev/sdc
GNU Parted 3.2
Using /dev/sdc
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
You found a bug in GNU Parted! Here's what you have to do:
Don't panic! The bug has most likely not affected any of your data.
Help us to fix this bug by doing the following:
Check whether the bug has already been fixed by checking
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Please check this version prior to bug reporting.
If this has not been fixed yet or if you don't know how to check,
please visit the GNU Parted website:
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for further information.
Your report should contain the version of this release (3.2)
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print
Error: SEGV_MAPERR (Address not mapped to object)
Speicherzugriffsfehler
then i tried
file -s /dev/sdc
/dev/sdc: DOS/MBR boot sector
now i am not sure, if i can just run
(2) mkfs.ext4
since i thought i have to use the GUID Partition Table (GPT) for partitions larger than 2TB. On the other hand, i dont know how the drive has been formatted with ntfs to 4TB and dos/mbr.