So I discovered comments work but not fsck.ntfs or fsck.vfat. Does this mean I need to reformat it as vfat or did I do something wrong? $ sudo fsck.ntfs /dev/sdc sudo: fsck.ntfs: command not found $ sudo fsck.vfat /dev/sdc fsck.fat 3.0.26 (2014-03-07) Currently, only 1 or 2 FATs are supported, not 251. On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 5:55 PM, Michael wrote: > Thanks.... I decided to reformat it and rsync it all again. And it isn't > giving me any errors (yet). I am formatting it ntfs. Can I do fsck.ntfs or > would I just do ...vfat? What about for a reminder? Could I put, "rsync > -aWuq --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/SDULTRA64 > *unmount sudo fsck.ntfs /dev/sdc" or do comments not work in this case? > > > On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 5:44 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > >> On 2017-01-01 15:29, Michael wrote: >> >>> sudo fsck -p /media/bmike1/SDULTRA64 >>> >> >> This is not correct. You run fsck on the device, not the mount point. >> Find out what the device node is (probably /dev/sdX1 where X is a lowercase >> letter which is not a. Try "ls -l /dev/disk/by-label/" to get a listing), >> then umount the device, then run fsck on it. >> >> fsck.ext2: Is a directory while trying to open /media/bmike1/SDULTRA64 >>> >> >> And it's guessing the filesystem type incorrectly. "fsck.vfat" may work >> better once the device is umounted. If your automounter tries to mount it, >> turn the automounter off (and leave it off, those things are useless.) >> >> >> -- >> Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress >> There is no Darkness in Eternity >> But only Light too dim for us to see. >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: