UPDATE: GParted details when I delete the partition
GParted 0.30.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid --enable-online-resize
Libparted 3.2
Delete /dev/mmcblk0p2 (unknown, 59.46 GiB) from /dev/mmcblk0 00:00:08 ( SUCCESS )
calibrate /dev/mmcblk0p2 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/mmcblk0p2 (partition)
start: 34816
end: 124735454
size: 124700639 (59.46 GiB)
delete partition 00:00:08 ( SUCCESS )
libparted messages ( INFO )
Input/output error during write on /dev/mmcblk0
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Delete /dev/mmcblk0p1 (unknown, 16.00 MiB) from /dev/mmcblk0 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
calibrate /dev/mmcblk0p1 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/mmcblk0p1 (partition)
start: 2048
end: 34815
size: 32768 (16.00 MiB)
delete partition 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
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GParted details when I try to format:
GParted 0.30.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid --enable-online-resize
Libparted 3.2
Format /dev/mmcblk0p1 as fat16 00:00:01 ( ERROR )
calibrate /dev/mmcblk0p1 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/mmcblk0p1 (partition)
start: 2048
end: 34815
size: 32768 (16.00 MiB)
clear old file system signatures in /dev/mmcblk0p1 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 16252928 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 16711680 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 16769024 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
flush operating system cache of /dev/mmcblk0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
set partition type on /dev/mmcblk0p1 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
new partition type: fat16
create new fat16 file system 00:00:00 ( ERROR )
mkfs.fat -F16 -v -I '/dev/mmcblk0p1' ( EXECUTING )
Failed to execute child process “mkfs.fat” (Input/output error) ( ERROR )
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Format /dev/mmcblk0p2 as fat32
Results for zeroing:
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=8192
dd: error writing `dev/mmcblk0`: No space left on device
7795969+9 records in
7795968+8 records out
63864569856 bytes (64 GB, 59 CAB) copied, 3824.26 s, 16.7 MB/s