root@1[knoppix]# mke2fs /dev/hdb
mke2fs 1.39-WIP (09-Apr-2006)
/dev/hdb is entire device, not just one partition!
Proceed anyway? (y,n) y
Warning: could not erase sector 2: Attempt to write block from filesystem resulted in short write
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
5020064 inodes, 10036656 blocks
501832 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
307 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
16352 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624
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 from filesystem resulted in short write
Writing inode tables: done
ext2fs_mkdir: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while creating root dir