<div dir="ltr">I just did wipe ntfs but as I was trying to rsync my drive again it just sat there. The drive didn't flash (indicating activity).</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 3:01 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">Hmmmmmm...<br>
I can't see the 'mount' in fstab, let me see the display of 'mount'<br>
What I am trying to validate is that yor user has rights over that <br>
filesystem.<br>
ET <br>
<br>
PS: I'd wipe out NTFS... <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Michael writes: <br>
<br>
> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ cat /etc/fstab;ls -lnd ~<br>
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.<br>
> #<br>
> # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a<br>
> # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices<br>
> # that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).<br>
> #<br>
> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass><br>
> # / was on /dev/sda1 during installation<br>
> UUID=6298f990-6b80-4665-80ab-e83034a72ae5 / ext4<br>
> errors=remount-ro 0 1<br>
> /swapfile none swap sw<br>
> 0 0<br>
> /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0<br>
> drwxr-xr-x 24 1000 1000 4096 Jan 31 12:10 /home/bmike1 <br>
> <br>
> I'm using it because I never reformat the drive after I bought it; however,<br>
> I didn't have problems for about nine months after I started using it. <br>
> <br>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 2:41 PM <<a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com" target="_blank">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a>> wrote: <br>
> <br>
>> 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<br>
>> 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<br>
>> 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<br>
>> 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>><br>
>> 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<br>
>> behind<br>
>> >> >>> the post before making that judgement.<br>
>> >> >>><br>
>> >> >>><br>
>> >> >>> -Eric<br>
>> >> >>> From the central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Special Services<br>
>> 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,<br>
>> and<br>
>> >> he<br>
>> >> >>> overcomes most of them remarkably.<br>
>> >> >>> > I will not extend about the challenges he faces, but I will<br>
>> 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<br>
>> 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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