I need help creating a partition.

gparted is failing me.It is a logical partition(/dev/sdc10) labled
/home. It is 48 GB large. here is my attempt at using mkfs:

michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 00:00:03
[sudo] password for michael:
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
mkfs.ext4: invalid blocks '00:00:03' on device '/dev/sdc10'
michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 500
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
/dev/sdc10 contains a ext4 file system
created on Sun Jul 25 21:38:59 2021
64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
rectify.

Filesystem too small for a journal
Discarding device blocks: done
Creating filesystem with 125 4k blocks and 64 inodes

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 125 4k
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
Usage: mkfs.ext4 [-c|-l filename] [-b block-size] [-C cluster-size]
[-i bytes-per-inode] [-I inode-size] [-J journal-options]
[-G flex-group-size] [-N number-of-inodes] [-d root-directory]
[-m reserved-blocks-percentage] [-o creator-os]
[-g blocks-per-group] [-L volume-label] [-M last-mounted-directory]
[-O feature[,...]] [-r fs-revision] [-E extended-option[,...]]
[-t fs-type] [-T usage-type ] [-U UUID] [-e errors_behavior][-z undo_file]
[-jnqvDFSV] device [blocks-count]
michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10' 125
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
/dev/sdc10 contains a ext4 file system labelled '/opt'
created on Sun Jul 25 21:47:13 2021
/dev/sdc10: Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while
setting up superblock
michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/home' '/dev/sdc10' 125
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
/dev/sdc10 contains a ext4 file system labelled '/opt'
created on Sun Jul 25 21:47:13 2021
/dev/sdc10: Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while
setting up superblock
michael@MyNUC:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/home' '/dev/sdc10' 125
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
/dev/sdc10 contains a ext4 file system labelled '/opt'
created on Sun Jul 25 21:47:13 2021
/dev/sdc10: Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while
setting up superblock
michael@MyNUC:~$

Hmmmmmmm.... not enough space? But gparted says:

All operations completed successfully though the error report says
otherwise (including saying I created a MSDOS partition when I created
ext4 partitions).

(error report)
48.00 GiB of unallocated space within the partition.
To grow the file system to fill the partition, select the partition
and choose the menu item:
Partition --> Check.

and I run the partition check and the result is:

GParted 1.0.0

configuration --enable-libparted-dmraid --enable-online-resize

libparted 3.3

========================================

Device:/dev/sda
Model:ATA KINGSTON SUV500M
Serial:50026B7783458A92
Sector size:512
Total sectors:468862128

Heads:255
Sectors/track:2
Cylinders:919337

Partition table:msdos

PartitionTypeStartEndFlagsPartition NameFile SystemLabelMount Point
/dev/sda2Extended2046468860927bootextended
    /dev/sda6Logical2048410267647ext4/home
    /dev/sda5Logical410267648468860927ext4/

========================================

Device:/dev/sdc
Model:USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1
Serial:none
Sector size:512
Total sectors:240353280

Heads:255
Sectors/track:2
Cylinders:471280

Partition table:msdos

PartitionTypeStartEndFlagsPartition NameFile SystemLabelMount Point
/dev/sdc1Primary32240353279lbafat32

========================================

Delete /dev/sdc1 (fat32, 114.61 GiB) from /dev/sdc  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )

calibrate /dev/sdc1  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )

path: /dev/sdc1 (partition)
start: 32
end: 240353279
size: 240353248 (114.61 GiB)
delete partition  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )

========================================

Create Extended Partition #1 (extended, 114.61 GiB) on /dev/sdc
00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )

create empty partition  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )

path: /dev/sdc1 (partition)
start: 2048
end: 240353279
size: 240351232 (114.61 GiB)

========================================

Create Logical Partition #2 (ext4, 200.00 MiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:02
( SUCCESS )

create empty partition  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )

path: /dev/sdc5 (partition)
start: 4096
end: 413695
size: 409600 (200.00 MiB)
clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc5  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )

write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209190912  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209649664  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209707008  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
set partition type on /dev/sdc5  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )

new partition type: ext4
create new ext4 file system  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )

mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/boot' '/dev/sdc5'  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )

64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
rectify.
Creating filesystem with 51200 4k blocks and 51200 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 296fdc84-e20a-4796-92ed-1c161b3701db
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (4096 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)

========================================

Create Logical Partition #3 (ext4, 19.53 GiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:08
( SUCCESS )

create empty partition  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )

path: /dev/sdc6 (partition)
start: 415744
end: 41375743
size: 40960000 (19.53 GiB)
clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc6  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )

write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 20970995712  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 20971454464  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 20971511808  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
set partition type on /dev/sdc6  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )

new partition type: ext4
create new ext4 file system  00:00:06    ( SUCCESS )

mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/' '/dev/sdc6'  00:00:06    ( SUCCESS )

64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
rectify.
Creating filesystem with 5120000 4k blocks and 1281120 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 8dce917e-6a31-4121-914d-b2fe3235c921
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)

========================================

Create Logical Partition #4 (linux-swap, 2.11 GiB) on /dev/sdc
00:00:04    ( SUCCESS )

create empty partition  00:00:02    ( SUCCESS )

path: /dev/sdc7 (partition)
start: 235935744
end: 240353279
size: 4417536 (2.11 GiB)
clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc7  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )

write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 2261254144  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 2261712896  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 2261770240  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
set partition type on /dev/sdc7  00:00:02    ( SUCCESS )

new partition type: linux-swap(v1)
create new linux-swap file system  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )

mkswap -L '' '/dev/sdc7'  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )

Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 2.1 GiB (2261774336 bytes)
LABEL=, UUID=ea5b83f8-f164-402f-8d2b-ef20ed7d0430

========================================

Create Logical Partition #5 (unformatted, 1.00 MiB) on /dev/sdc
00:00:02    ( SUCCESS )

create empty partition  00:00:02    ( SUCCESS )

path: /dev/sdc8 (partition)
start: 41377792
end: 41379839
size: 2048 (1.00 MiB)

========================================

Create Logical Partition #6 (ext4, 200.00 MiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:05
( SUCCESS )

create empty partition  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )

path: /dev/sdc9 (partition)
start: 41381888
end: 41791487
size: 409600 (200.00 MiB)
clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc9  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )

write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209190912  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209649664  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 209707008  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )
set partition type on /dev/sdc9  00:00:02    ( SUCCESS )

new partition type: ext4
create new ext4 file system  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )

mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/boot' '/dev/sdc9'  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )

64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
rectify.
Creating filesystem with 51200 4k blocks and 51200 inodes
Filesystem UUID: dc1ef0e5-fa9f-40b5-aa31-23c36e15960e
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (4096 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)

========================================

Create Logical Partition #7 (ext4, 7.81 GiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:09
( SUCCESS )

create empty partition  00:00:02    ( SUCCESS )

path: /dev/sdc10 (partition)
start: 41793536
end: 58177535
size: 16384000 (7.81 GiB)
clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc10  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )

write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 8388083712  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 8388542464  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 8388599808  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
set partition type on /dev/sdc10  00:00:03    ( SUCCESS )

new partition type: ext4
create new ext4 file system  00:00:03    ( SUCCESS )

mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/opt' '/dev/sdc10'  00:00:03    ( SUCCESS )

64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
rectify.
Creating filesystem with 2048000 4k blocks and 512064 inodes
Filesystem UUID: dbe1eb24-e142-4b4f-8433-d66620ab0b14
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (16384 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)

========================================

Create Logical Partition #8 (ext4, 29.30 GiB) on /dev/sdc 00:00:14
( SUCCESS )

create empty partition  00:00:03    ( SUCCESS )

path: /dev/sdc11 (partition)
start: 58179584
end: 119619583
size: 61440000 (29.30 GiB)
clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdc11  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )

write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 31456755712  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 31457214464  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 31457271808  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
flush operating system cache of /dev/sdc  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
set partition type on /dev/sdc11  00:00:05    ( SUCCESS )

new partition type: ext4
create new ext4 file system  00:00:06    ( SUCCESS )

mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^64bit -L '/usr/src' '/dev/sdc11'  00:00:06    ( SUCCESS )

64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded
by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to
rectify.
Creating filesystem with 7680000 4k blocks and 1921360 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 4f65f26e-da3a-41e2-af7a-5e4f08ee9cdf
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)

========================================

Create Logical Partition #9 (ext4, 55.46 GiB) on /dev/sdc  00:00:00    ( ERROR )

create empty partition  00:00:00    ( ERROR )

libparted messages    ( ERROR )

Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition.
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