Rsync ran like 30-40 minutes

Michael bmike1 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 29 18:44:52 MST 2017


okay... this means I'm now in the market for an external drive. I'm looking
through amazon and run across drives that support mac. can I get those?

On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:

> Sounds like your drive may have developed some bad blocks and formatting
> it caused it to recover... but I wouldn't use that drive for backups
> anymore because it's dying and it's only a matter of a short amount of time
> before it fails and you loose everything.   In fact, I wouldn't use a thumb
> drive for backups at all.  They aren't designed to be written to in bulk
> over and over like you are trying to do and they will fail quickly.  Get
> yourself a good external drive.   You should go with a regular spinning
> drive as there are no advantages to backing up to flash over USB.  A flash
> drive will fail a lot more quickly than a spinning drive with the way you
> are using them though.  You'll also get a whole lot more space on a hard
> disk drive so you can alter your backup procedure to keep multiple
> versions.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
>
> On 04/29/2017 05:49 AM, Michael wrote:
>
> it is going very slowly though for some of the files.
>
> On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 8:37 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> well.... I format the drive and things are transferring now.
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 8:15 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I think I fried it in my glove compartment.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> $ sudo fsck /dev/sdd
>>>> [sudo] password for bmike1:
>>>> fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
>>>> e2fsck 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014)
>>>> fsck.ext2: No medium found while trying to open /dev/sdd
>>>>
>>>> The superblock could not be read or does not describe a valid
>>>> ext2/ext3/ext4
>>>> filesystem.  If the device is valid and it really contains an
>>>> ext2/ext3/ext4
>>>> filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
>>>> is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate
>>>> superblock:
>>>>     e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
>>>>  or
>>>>     e2fsck -b 32768 <device>
>>>> <mount device>
>>>> bmike1 at MikesBeast ~ $ sudo fsck /dev/sdd
>>>> fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
>>>> e2fsck 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014)
>>>> /dev/sdd is in use.
>>>> e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 7:50 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> $ sudo fsck /media/bmike1/GORILLA64
>>>>> [sudo] password for bmike1:
>>>>> fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
>>>>> e2fsck 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014)
>>>>> fsck.ext2: Is a directory while trying to open /media/bmike1/GORILLA64
>>>>>
>>>>> The superblock could not be read or does not describe a valid
>>>>> ext2/ext3/ext4
>>>>> filesystem.  If the device is valid and it really contains an
>>>>> ext2/ext3/ext4
>>>>> filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
>>>>> is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate
>>>>> superblock:
>>>>>     e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
>>>>>  or
>>>>>     e2fsck -b 32768 <device>
>>>>>  $ sudo fsck /dev/sdd1
>>>>> fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
>>>>> fsck.fat 3.0.26 (2014-03-07)
>>>>> 0x41: Dirty bit is set. Fs was not properly unmounted and some data
>>>>> may be corrupt.
>>>>> 1) Remove dirty bit
>>>>> 2) No action
>>>>> ? ^C
>>>>> <unmount device>
>>>>> bmike1 at MikesBeast ~ $ sudo fsck /dev/sdd1
>>>>> fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
>>>>> e2fsck 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014)
>>>>> fsck.ext2: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/sdd1
>>>>> Possibly non-existent device?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Carruth, Rusty <
>>>>> Rusty.Carruth at smartm.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> What does fsck say?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org]
>>>>>> *On Behalf Of *Michael
>>>>>> *Sent:* Friday, April 28, 2017 4:41 PM
>>>>>> *To:* PLUG
>>>>>> *Subject:* Rsync ran like 30-40 minutes
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> this is what happened in that time:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  $ rsync -aWuq --delete-before --progress /home/bmike1/Documents
>>>>>> /media/bmike1/GORILLA64
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ^C
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at
>>>>>> rsync.c(632) [sender=3.1.0]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at
>>>>>> io.c(521) [generator=3.1.0]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  $
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I then removed the quiet flag and:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  $ rsync -aWu --delete-before --progress /home/bmike1/Documents
>>>>>> /media/bmike1/GORILLA64
>>>>>>
>>>>>> building file list ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 63787 files to consider
>>>>>>
>>>>>> deleting Documents/Business/Photography/PropertyPhotographing/PrivateClients/Alliya
>>>>>> Maqsood/2016/2016101020/8230 Dames point crossing Blvd #802 Jacksonville
>>>>>> 32277
>>>>>>
>>>>>> deleting Documents/Programs/darktable-2.0.6/src/common/.profiling.h.Y
>>>>>> hVpro
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Documents/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <truncate)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> hangs at:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Documents/Programs/darktable-2.0.6/src/control/jobs.c
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ^Crsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at
>>>>>> rsync.c(632) [sender=3.1.0]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at
>>>>>> io.c(521) [generator=3.1.0]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I run again and:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rsync -aWu --delete-before --progress /home/bmike1/Documents
>>>>>> /media/bmike1/GORILLA64
>>>>>>
>>>>>> building file list ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 63787 files to consider
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rsync: [generator] write error: Broken pipe (32)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ^Crsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at
>>>>>> rsync.c(632) [sender=3.1.0]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rsync: [sender] write error: Broken pipe (32)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and again:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ rsync -aWu --delete-before --progress /home/bmike1/Documents
>>>>>> /media/bmike1/GORILLA64
>>>>>>
>>>>>> building file list ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 63787 files to consider
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Documents/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <truncate>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> this time it hung at :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Documents/Programs/hugin-2016.2.0/mac/Applications.xcodeproj
>>>>>> /project.pbxproj
>>>>>>
>>>>>>          32,768  15%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00  ^X^C
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at
>>>>>> rsync.c(632) [sender=3.1.0]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at
>>>>>> io.c(521) [generator=3.1.0]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm thinking this flash drive got fried in the glove compartment of
>>>>>> my car. What do you think?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
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