<div dir="ltr">no. I'll just run it with sudo. or is there a specific reason for that?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 11:22 AM Eric Oyen <<a href="mailto:eric.oyen@icloud.com">eric.oyen@icloud.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"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Hmmmm. Have you got a sodo’ers file in /etc? You might have to add your user account there. Also, it probably wouldn’t hurt to add your account to the rsync group.<div><br></div><div>-Eric</div><div>From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Unix and other things Dept.</div><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 4, 2019, at 9:14 AM, Michael <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="gmail-m_-3997603719687998091Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr">I also have to sudo it </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 10:53 AM Eric Oyen <<a href="mailto:eric.oyen@icloud.com" target="_blank">eric.oyen@icloud.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"><div>Well, if it works, leave it alone. :)<div><br></div><div>-Eric</div><div>From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Hands Off Dept.</div><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 3, 2019, at 6:32 AM, Michael <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="gmail-m_-3997603719687998091gmail-m_-5284469831759723351Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr">I ran the commands. I ran rsync last night and now I open the..... After investigatin furthrt I have discovered it appended a '1' to Seagate. I added a '1' and it is backing up as I type. I don't like having the 1 on the end but I don't like messing with it any longer!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 6:54 PM Eric Oyen <<a href="mailto:eric.oyen@icloud.com" target="_blank">eric.oyen@icloud.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"><div>Ok,<div>Well, make sure nothing has exclusive use on that drive.</div><div>In terminal issue the following commands:</div><div>umount /dev/sdx (whatever the number is for that drive/fs)</div><div>If there is more than one partition on that drive, unmount them as well.</div><div>Then, to erase the drive, I use dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdx (this will blow away all partition map info, boot sector and the like)</div><div>Lastly:</div><div>mkfs.ext3</div><div><div> /dev/sdx (you can replace the .ext3 with other FS types if you prefer)</div><div>When done, mount the FS as normal and you should be good to go.</div><div><br></div><div>-Eric</div><div>From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Drive recyclers Dept.</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jan 31, 2019, at 4:46 PM, Michael <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="gmail-m_-3997603719687998091gmail-m_-5284469831759723351gmail-m_-4447938315974846842Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr">I am trying to format it to a native<div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 6:44 PM Eric Oyen <<a href="mailto:eric.oyen@icloud.com" target="_blank">eric.oyen@icloud.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"><div>Ugh!<div>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><br></div><div>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><br></div><div>-Eric</div><div>From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Backups-R-us Dept.<br><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jan 31, 2019, at 12:31 PM, Michael <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="gmail-m_-3997603719687998091gmail-m_-5284469831759723351gmail-m_-4447938315974846842gmail-m_6756621760661244968Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Its been running for about four minutes now and the drive is just flashing.<div>This is what I ran:</div><div><div>bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/test</div><div>[sudo] password for bmike1: <br></div><div>Mount is denied because the NTFS volume is already exclusively opened.</div><div>The volume may be already mounted, or another software may use it which</div><div>could be identified for example by the help of the 'fuser' command.</div><div><then I realized it was automounted></div><div>bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ sudo umount /dev/sdc1</div><div>bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/test</div><div>bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ find /mnt/test -type f -exec cp "{}" /dev/null \;</div></div><div> </div><div>Is this correct?</div></div></div><br><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" 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">> 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 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 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>> wrote: <br>
>><br>
>>> No. He is definitely not a troll and like me, he has some challenges that<br>
>>> can get in the way of properly dealing with the world. So, yeah, his brain<br>
>>> is wired differently. SO what! So is min, incidentally. On top of having to<br>
>>> deal with the lifelong effects of a traumatic brain injury (courtesy of a<br>
>>> hit and run driver in 1989), I am also totally blind. Does this make me any<br>
>>> less a person? Hell no! Does it mean I might require extra help from 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 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 the<br>
>>> >> Plug Distro... testing our patience and willingness to help! "I can't<br>
>>> log in" ....<br>
>>> >> "How do I print" ... Thanks,<br>
>>> >> Alexander. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+<br>
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