Yeah I would send it back :-p On Nov 25, 2016 4:37 PM, "Michael" wrote: > I would love to use a *nix native file system but I want to be able to > share this between systems. Everytime the thing goes to a new line the > write error is incremented by 1. This is a new disk. It shouldn't do that! > I think I should send it back! What do you guys think? > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Brien Dieterle wrote: > >> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/65349/how-to-interpr >> et-badblocks-output >> >> Sounds like it had a lot of writing errors. Thing is I'll not sure how >> to deal with it while using NTFS >> >> http://linux.bigresource.com/General-NTFS-marking-sectors-ba >> d--aLwrEyk32.html >> >> If you use ext3 or ext4 you can check for and mark bad blocks during >> format with the -c option. mkfs.ext4 -c /dev/sdd1 >> >> On Nov 25, 2016 1:59 PM, "Michael" wrote: >> >>> I was wondering: >>> The print out on the terminal reads: >>> >>> 1973729 done, 3:49:08 elapsed. (0/7649/0 errors) >>> >>> what does "(0/7649/0 errors)" mean? >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 10:49 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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