Thanks Eric.... I'm working on it now!

On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 6:54 PM Eric Oyen <eric.oyen@icloud.com> wrote:

> Ok,
> Well, make sure nothing has exclusive use on that drive.
> In terminal issue the following commands:
> umount /dev/sdx (whatever the number is for that drive/fs)
> If there is more than one partition on that drive, unmount them as well.
> 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)
> Lastly:
> mkfs.ext3
>   /dev/sdx (you can replace the .ext3 with other FS types if you prefer)
> When done, mount the FS as normal and you should be good to go.
>
> -Eric
> From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Drive recyclers Dept.
>
> On Jan 31, 2019, at 4:46 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am trying to format it to a native
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 6:44 PM Eric Oyen <eric.oyen@icloud.com> wrote:
>
>> 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> 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>
>>> 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> 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>
>>> 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 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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