<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Ugh!<div class="">NTFS. No wonder you are having such issues. Any way to move stuff off there and reformat to a more appropriate FS (like ext4, MurderFS or the like)?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">One thing I have found when dealing with NTFS, I would rather do so inside a file image that gets synced from a physical drive. This way, even the partition info is retained. I also do that with my Mac here when operating time machine backups. I created a file that was then formatted with OSX extended FS, setup a few perms and let fly. This way, one of my external drives can handle backups from multiple Macs without running into machine confusion as to which backup belongs to what.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-Eric</div><div class="">From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Backups-R-us Dept.<br class=""><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 31, 2019, at 12:31 PM, Michael <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" class="">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Its been running for about four minutes now and the drive is just flashing.<div class="">This is what I ran:</div><div class=""><div class="">bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/test</div><div class="">[sudo] password for bmike1: <br class=""></div><div class="">Mount is denied because the NTFS volume is already exclusively opened.</div><div class="">The volume may be already mounted, or another software may use it which</div><div class="">could be identified for example by the help of the 'fuser' command.</div><div class=""><then I realized it was automounted></div><div class="">bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ sudo umount /dev/sdc1</div><div class="">bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/test</div><div class="">bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ find /mnt/test -type f -exec cp "{}" /dev/null \;</div></div><div class=""> </div><div class="">Is this correct?</div></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 12:41 PM <<a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com" class="">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">> Nope. I'm thinking the external drive is dieing.<br class="">
Do:<br class="">
mount /dev/<my-dieing-hardrive> /some/where<br class="">
find /some/where/ -type f -exec cp "{}" /dev/null \;<br class="">
dmesg|grep '/dev/<my-dieing-hardrive>' <br class="">
<br class="">
You'll find a bunch of errors to validate your hunch or you'll fine none to <br class="">
rule it out.<br class="">
ET <br class="">
<br class="">
PS: I didn't 'sticking up for you'.<br class="">
I want to have you around so I can harass you at will! ;-)<br class="">
You are a good man Mike, and you have my appreciation and utmost respect. <br class="">
<br class="">
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<br class="">
Michael writes: <br class="">
<br class="">
> Nope. I'm thinking the external drive is dieing. <br class="">
> <br class="">
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 9:19 AM Eric Oyen <<a href="mailto:eric.oyen@icloud.com" target="_blank" class="">eric.oyen@icloud.com</a>> wrote: <br class="">
> <br class="">
>> No problem. Btw, did you ever figure out that latest little issue (I think<br class="">
>> it was with rsync)? <br class="">
>><br class="">
>> -Eric <br class="">
>><br class="">
>><br class="">
>> On Jan 31, 2019, at 6:35 AM, Michael <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <br class="">
>><br class="">
>> ET and Eric.... thanks for sticking up for me. <br class="">
>><br class="">
>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 7:10 AM Eric Oyen <<a href="mailto:eric.oyen@icloud.com" target="_blank" class="">eric.oyen@icloud.com</a>> wrote: <br class="">
>><br class="">
>>> No. He is definitely not a troll and like me, he has some challenges that<br class="">
>>> can get in the way of properly dealing with the world. So, yeah, his brain<br class="">
>>> is wired differently. SO what! So is min, incidentally. On top of having to<br class="">
>>> deal with the lifelong effects of a traumatic brain injury (courtesy of a<br class="">
>>> hit and run driver in 1989), I am also totally blind. Does this make me any<br class="">
>>> less a person? Hell no! Does it mean I might require extra help from time<br class="">
>>> to time? You betcha! <br class="">
>>><br class="">
>>> So, before you go applying that label, please consider the mind behind<br class="">
>>> the post before making that judgement. <br class="">
>>><br class="">
>>><br class="">
>>> -Eric<br class="">
>>> From the central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Special Services and<br class="">
>>> activities Dept. <br class="">
>>><br class="">
>>> > On Jan 30, 2019, at 7:55 AM, <a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com" target="_blank" class="">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a> wrote:<br class="">
>>> ><br class="">
>>> > No Alexander, Michael is not trolling.<br class="">
>>> > I know Michael personally and he is a great guy.<br class="">
>>> > He faces some challenges that most of us don't even know exist, and he<br class="">
>>> overcomes most of them remarkably.<br class="">
>>> > I will not extend about the challenges he faces, but I will indicate<br class="">
>>> that he deserves the patience, the help and the respect.<br class="">
>>> > Not all hackers are created equally... :)<br class="">
>>> > Best!<br class="">
>>> > Enrique A. Troconis<br class="">
>>> ><br class="">
>>> > Snyder, Alexander J writes:<br class="">
>>> >> I often wonder if the vague emails from "Michael" are just trolling the<br class="">
>>> >> Plug Distro... testing our patience and willingness to help! "I can't<br class="">
>>> log in" ....<br class="">
>>> >> "How do I print" ... Thanks,<br class="">
>>> >> Alexander. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+<br class="">
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