new external drive

[Michael]

I should have realized that! Thanks....

On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Brien Dieterle <briend at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gparted tells you.  It was /dev/sdd before, but check again as it can
> change.  Also unmount the filesystem first
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> On Nov 25, 2016 8:50 AM, "Michael" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to run 'badblocks' but each time I run it get the same  thing.
>
> $ sudo badblocks -b 4096 -c 98304 -p 0 -w -s /media/bmike1/NexStar
> badblocks: invalid starting block (0): must be less than 0
> .
> .
> .
> I just googled the error and find:
>
> -Apparently this is Linux-speak for "This program needs the name of a
> device file, and the programmer was too lazy to have it detect that you
> supplied the name of the mount point instead".-
>
> How do I discover the device as opposed to the mount point?
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> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 4:30 PM, Brien Dieterle <briend at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Almost looks like bad sectors. Might want to try badblocks
>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/badblocks
>> Maybe try formatting it ext4
>> Maybe try another USB port and cable
>>
>> On Nov 24, 2016 1:21 PM, "Michael" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I really appreciate the help.... It errored out though. Here is what
>>> gparted reported:
>>>
>>> *Create Primary Partition #1 (ntfs, 232.88 GiB) on /dev/sdd*  00:00:37    (
>>> ERROR )
>>>
>>> create empty partition  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
>>>
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>>> *path: /dev/sdd1start: 2048end: 488396799size: 488394752 (232.88 GiB)*
>>> clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdd1  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
>>>
>>> write 68.00 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 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 250058108928  00:00:00    (
>>> SUCCESS )
>>> flush operating system cache of /dev/sdd  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
>>> set partition type on /dev/sdd1  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
>>>
>>> *new partition type: ntfs*
>>> create new ntfs file system  00:00:37    ( ERROR )
>>>
>>> *mkntfs -Q -v -L "NexStar" /dev/sdd1*
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>>> *Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.Creating NTFS
>>> volume structures.Creating root directory (mft record 5)Creating $MFT (mft
>>> record 0)Creating $MFTMirr (mft record 1)Creating $LogFile (mft record
>>> 2)Creating $AttrDef (mft record 4)Creating $Bitmap (mft record 6)Creating
>>> $Boot (mft record 7)Creating backup boot sector.Creating $Volume (mft
>>> record 3)Creating $BadClus (mft record 8)Creating $Secure (mft record
>>> 9)Creating $UpCase (mft record 0xa)Creating $Extend (mft record 11)Creating
>>> system file (mft record 0xc)Creating system file (mft record 0xd)Creating
>>> system file (mft record 0xe)Creating system file (mft record 0xf)Creating
>>> $Quota (mft record 24)Creating $ObjId (mft record 25)Creating $Reparse (mft
>>> record 26)Syncing root directory index record.Syncing $Bitmap.Syncing
>>> $MFT.Updating $MFTMirr.Syncing device.*
>>>
>>> *Failed to sync device /dev/sdd1: Input/output errorSyncing device.
>>> FAILED*
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Stephen Partington <
>>> cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Get gparted and use it to take a look. Lots of USB drives have some
>>>> wonky trick they use.
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 24, 2016 12:04 PM, "Michael" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I got a problem. This new drive won't format. Linux saw it when I
>>>>> first plugged it in. I then tried copying some files to it which resulted
>>>>> in an error appearing after 5-10 minutes telling me to open windows and run
>>>>> 'chkdsk \f' on the device. Then I plugged it into windows10 and couldn't
>>>>> figure out how to open a terminal so I decided to format it. But it
>>>>> wouldn't format. When I attempt to it flashes twice a second for a little
>>>>> then a long flash then again quickly. So I figured I would attempt the
>>>>> format with Linux but Linux doesn't see the drive now so no formatting with
>>>>> it. Can someone help?
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