I should have realized that! Thanks.... On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Brien Dieterle wrote: > Gparted tells you. It was /dev/sdd before, but check again as it can > change. Also unmount the filesystem first > > On Nov 25, 2016 8:50 AM, "Michael" wrote: > > I'm trying to run 'badblocks' but each time I run it get the same thing. > > $ sudo badblocks -b 4096 -c 98304 -p 0 -w -s /media/bmike1/NexStar > badblocks: invalid starting block (0): must be less than 0 > . > . > . > I just googled the error and find: > > -Apparently this is Linux-speak for "This program needs the name of a > device file, and the programmer was too lazy to have it detect that you > supplied the name of the mount point instead".- > > How do I discover the device as opposed to the mount point? > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 4:30 PM, Brien Dieterle wrote: > >> Almost looks like bad sectors. Might want to try badblocks >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/badblocks >> Maybe try formatting it ext4 >> Maybe try another USB port and cable >> >> On Nov 24, 2016 1:21 PM, "Michael" wrote: >> >>> I really appreciate the help.... It errored out though. Here is what >>> gparted reported: >>> >>> *Create Primary Partition #1 (ntfs, 232.88 GiB) on /dev/sdd* 00:00:37 ( >>> ERROR ) >>> >>> create empty partition 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *path: /dev/sdd1start: 2048end: 488396799size: 488394752 (232.88 GiB)* >>> clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdd1 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) >>> >>> write 68.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) >>> write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) >>> write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 250058108928 00:00:00 ( >>> SUCCESS ) >>> flush operating system cache of /dev/sdd 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) >>> set partition type on /dev/sdd1 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) >>> >>> *new partition type: ntfs* >>> create new ntfs file system 00:00:37 ( ERROR ) >>> >>> *mkntfs -Q -v -L "NexStar" /dev/sdd1* >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.Creating NTFS >>> volume structures.Creating root directory (mft record 5)Creating $MFT (mft >>> record 0)Creating $MFTMirr (mft record 1)Creating $LogFile (mft record >>> 2)Creating $AttrDef (mft record 4)Creating $Bitmap (mft record 6)Creating >>> $Boot (mft record 7)Creating backup boot sector.Creating $Volume (mft >>> record 3)Creating $BadClus (mft record 8)Creating $Secure (mft record >>> 9)Creating $UpCase (mft record 0xa)Creating $Extend (mft record 11)Creating >>> system file (mft record 0xc)Creating system file (mft record 0xd)Creating >>> system file (mft record 0xe)Creating system file (mft record 0xf)Creating >>> $Quota (mft record 24)Creating $ObjId (mft record 25)Creating $Reparse (mft >>> record 26)Syncing root directory index record.Syncing $Bitmap.Syncing >>> $MFT.Updating $MFTMirr.Syncing device.* >>> >>> *Failed to sync device /dev/sdd1: Input/output errorSyncing device. >>> FAILED* >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Stephen Partington < >>> cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Get gparted and use it to take a look. Lots of USB drives have some >>>> wonky trick they use. >>>> >>>> On Nov 24, 2016 12:04 PM, "Michael" wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I got a problem. This new drive won't format. Linux saw it when I >>>>> first plugged it in. I then tried copying some files to it which resulted >>>>> in an error appearing after 5-10 minutes telling me to open windows and run >>>>> 'chkdsk \f' on the device. Then I plugged it into windows10 and couldn't >>>>> figure out how to open a terminal so I decided to format it. But it >>>>> wouldn't format. When I attempt to it flashes twice a second for a little >>>>> then a long flash then again quickly. So I figured I would attempt the >>>>> format with Linux but Linux doesn't see the drive now so no formatting with >>>>> it. 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