<div dir="ltr">I didn't wipe. I used gparted. I was just using your terminology. Do you think mkfs in a terminal would be better</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 3:24 PM <<a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com" target="_blank">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">> I just did wipe ntfs but as I was trying to rsync ...<br>
This is a pretty dense statement...<br>
How did you 'wipe' ?<br>
What did you in between 'wipe' and 'rsync'<br>
ET <br>
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Michael writes: <br>
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> I just did wipe ntfs but as I was trying to rsync my drive again it just<br>
> sat there. The drive didn't flash (indicating activity). <br>
> <br>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 3:01 PM <<a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com" target="_blank">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a>> wrote: <br>
> <br>
>> 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<br>
>> 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<br>
>> 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;<br>
>> 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<br>
>> 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<br>
>> 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>
>> >> ><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<br>
>> 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<br>
>> (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<br>
>> challenges<br>
>> >> >> that<br>
>> >> >> >>> can get in the way of properly dealing with the world. So, yeah,<br>
>> 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<br>
>> (courtesy<br>
>> >> >> of a<br>
>> >> >> >>> hit and run driver in 1989), I am also totally blind. Does this<br>
>> make<br>
>> >> >> me any<br>
>> >> >> >>> less a person? Hell no! Does it mean I might require extra help<br>
>> 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<br>
>> 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!<br>
>> "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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