<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ cat /etc/fstab;ls -lnd ~</div><div># /etc/fstab: static file system information.</div><div>#</div><div># Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a</div><div># device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices</div><div># that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).</div><div>#</div><div># <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass></div><div># / was on /dev/sda1 during installation</div><div>UUID=6298f990-6b80-4665-80ab-e83034a72ae5 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1</div><div>/swapfile none swap sw 0 0</div><div>/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0</div><div>drwxr-xr-x 24 1000 1000 4096 Jan 31 12:10 /home/bmike1</div><div><br></div><div>I'm using it because I never reformat the drive after I bought it; however, I didn't have problems for about nine months after I started using it.</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 2:41 PM <<a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">mystery solved!<br>
The source of all your maladies! -> NTFS <br>
<br>
Highly simplified explanation:<br>
When rsync runs, it issues a bunch of commands against the filesystem that <br>
NTFS will be unable to honor.<br>
That's where your errors are coming from.<br>
Also, depending on how your 'automount' (/etc/fstab) is configured, you will <br>
have rights (or not) to write to that filesystem.<br>
Pls show me the output of:<br>
cat /etc/fstab;ls -lnd ~ # Cut'n paste!<br>
ET <br>
<br>
PS: *WHY* in the *WORLD* are you using NTFS?<br>
Uhg... :( <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Michael writes: <br>
<br>
> Its been running for about four minutes now and the drive is just flashing.<br>
> This is what I ran:<br>
> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/test<br>
> [sudo] password for bmike1:<br>
> Mount is denied because the NTFS volume is already exclusively opened.<br>
> The volume may be already mounted, or another software may use it which<br>
> could be identified for example by the help of the 'fuser' command.<br>
> <then I realized it was automounted><br>
> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ sudo umount /dev/sdc1<br>
> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/test<br>
> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ find /mnt/test -type f -exec cp "{}" /dev/null \; <br>
> <br>
> Is this correct? <br>
> <br>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 12:41 PM <<a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com" target="_blank">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a>> wrote: <br>
> <br>
>> > Nope. I'm thinking the external drive is dieing.<br>
>> Do:<br>
>> mount /dev/<my-dieing-hardrive> /some/where<br>
>> find /some/where/ -type f -exec cp "{}" /dev/null \;<br>
>> dmesg|grep '/dev/<my-dieing-hardrive>' <br>
>><br>
>> You'll find a bunch of errors to validate your hunch or you'll fine none<br>
>> to<br>
>> rule it out.<br>
>> ET <br>
>><br>
>> PS: I didn't 'sticking up for you'.<br>
>> I want to have you around so I can harass you at will! ;-)<br>
>> You are a good man Mike, and you have my appreciation and utmost respect. <br>
>><br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>> Michael writes: <br>
>><br>
>> > Nope. I'm thinking the external drive is dieing.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 9:19 AM Eric Oyen <<a href="mailto:eric.oyen@icloud.com" target="_blank">eric.oyen@icloud.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> ><br>
>> >> No problem. Btw, did you ever figure out that latest little issue (I<br>
>> think<br>
>> >> it was with rsync)?<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> -Eric<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Jan 31, 2019, at 6:35 AM, Michael <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> ET and Eric.... thanks for sticking up for me.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 7:10 AM Eric Oyen <<a href="mailto:eric.oyen@icloud.com" target="_blank">eric.oyen@icloud.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >>> No. He is definitely not a troll and like me, he has some challenges<br>
>> that<br>
>> >>> can get in the way of properly dealing with the world. So, yeah, his<br>
>> brain<br>
>> >>> is wired differently. SO what! So is min, incidentally. On top of<br>
>> having to<br>
>> >>> deal with the lifelong effects of a traumatic brain injury (courtesy<br>
>> of a<br>
>> >>> hit and run driver in 1989), I am also totally blind. Does this make<br>
>> me any<br>
>> >>> less a person? Hell no! Does it mean I might require extra help from<br>
>> time<br>
>> >>> to time? You betcha!<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> So, before you go applying that label, please consider the mind behind<br>
>> >>> the post before making that judgement.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> -Eric<br>
>> >>> From the central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Special Services and<br>
>> >>> activities Dept.<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> > On Jan 30, 2019, at 7:55 AM, <a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com" target="_blank">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a> wrote:<br>
>> >>> ><br>
>> >>> > No Alexander, Michael is not trolling.<br>
>> >>> > I know Michael personally and he is a great guy.<br>
>> >>> > He faces some challenges that most of us don't even know exist, and<br>
>> he<br>
>> >>> overcomes most of them remarkably.<br>
>> >>> > I will not extend about the challenges he faces, but I will indicate<br>
>> >>> that he deserves the patience, the help and the respect.<br>
>> >>> > Not all hackers are created equally... :)<br>
>> >>> > Best!<br>
>> >>> > Enrique A. Troconis<br>
>> >>> ><br>
>> >>> > Snyder, Alexander J writes:<br>
>> >>> >> I often wonder if the vague emails from "Michael" are just trolling<br>
>> the<br>
>> >>> >> Plug Distro... testing our patience and willingness to help! "I<br>
>> can't<br>
>> >>> log in" ....<br>
>> >>> >> "How do I print" ... Thanks,<br>
>> >>> >> Alexander. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+<br>
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