Ugh!
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)?

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.

-Eric
From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Backups-R-us Dept.


> On Jan 31, 2019, at 12:31 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Its been running for about four minutes now and the drive is just flashing.
> This is what I ran:
> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/test
> [sudo] password for bmike1:              
> Mount is denied because the NTFS volume is already exclusively opened.
> The volume may be already mounted, or another software may use it which
> could be identified for example by the help of the 'fuser' command.
> <then I realized it was automounted>
> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ sudo umount /dev/sdc1
> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/test
> bmike1@MikesBeast:~$ find /mnt/test -type f -exec cp "{}" /dev/null \;
>  
> Is this correct?
> 
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 12:41 PM <kitepilot@kitepilot.com <mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com>> wrote:
> > Nope. I'm thinking the external drive is dieing.
> Do:
> mount /dev/<my-dieing-hardrive> /some/where
> find /some/where/ -type f -exec cp "{}" /dev/null \;
> dmesg|grep '/dev/<my-dieing-hardrive>' 
> 
> You'll find a bunch of errors to validate your hunch or you'll fine none to 
> rule it out.
> ET 
> 
> PS: I didn't 'sticking up for you'.
> I want to have you around so I can harass you at will!   ;-)
> You are a good man Mike, and you have my appreciation and utmost respect. 
> 
> 
> 
> Michael writes: 
> 
> > Nope. I'm thinking the external drive is dieing. 
> > 
> > On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 9:19 AM Eric Oyen <eric.oyen@icloud.com <mailto:eric.oyen@icloud.com>> wrote: 
> > 
> >> No problem. Btw, did you ever figure out that latest little issue (I think
> >> it was with rsync)? 
> >>
> >> -Eric 
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jan 31, 2019, at 6:35 AM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote: 
> >>
> >> ET and Eric.... thanks for sticking up for me. 
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 7:10 AM Eric Oyen <eric.oyen@icloud.com <mailto:eric.oyen@icloud.com>> wrote: 
> >>
> >>> No. He is definitely not a troll and like me, he has some challenges that
> >>> can get in the way of properly dealing with the world. So, yeah, his brain
> >>> is wired differently. SO what! So is min, incidentally. On top of having to
> >>> deal with the lifelong effects of a traumatic brain injury (courtesy of a
> >>> hit and run driver in 1989), I am also totally blind. Does this make me any
> >>> less a person? Hell no! Does it mean I might require extra help from time
> >>> to time? You betcha! 
> >>>
> >>> So, before you go applying that label, please consider the mind behind
> >>> the post before making that judgement. 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -Eric
> >>> From the central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Special Services and
> >>> activities Dept. 
> >>>
> >>> > On Jan 30, 2019, at 7:55 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com <mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > No Alexander, Michael is not trolling.
> >>> > I know Michael personally and he is a great guy.
> >>> > He faces some challenges that most of us don't even know exist, and he
> >>> overcomes most of them remarkably.
> >>> > I will not extend about the challenges he faces, but I will indicate
> >>> that he deserves the patience, the help and the respect.
> >>> > Not all hackers are created equally...   :)
> >>> > Best!
> >>> > Enrique A. Troconis
> >>> >
> >>> > Snyder, Alexander J writes:
> >>> >> I often wonder if the vague emails from "Michael" are just trolling the
> >>> >> Plug Distro... testing our patience and willingness to help! "I can't
> >>> log in" ....
> >>> >> "How do I print" ... Thanks,
> >>> >> Alexander. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+
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