thanks buddy:)

On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 1:09 PM Eric Oyen <eric.oyen@icloud.com> wrote:

> Not that I can think of off hand. This looks like a security feature to
> me. Since it works, I wouldn’t worry about it much.
>
> -Eric
> From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild. Security Infrastructure
> Dept.
>
>
> On Feb 4, 2019, at 9:26 AM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> no. I'll just run it with sudo. or is there a specific reason for that?
>
> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 11:22 AM Eric Oyen <eric.oyen@icloud.com> wrote:
>
>> Hmmmm. Have you got a sodo’ers file in /etc? You might have to add your
>> user account there. Also, it probably wouldn’t hurt to add your account to
>> the rsync group.
>>
>> -Eric
>> From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Unix and other things
>> Dept.
>>
>>
>> On Feb 4, 2019, at 9:14 AM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I also have to sudo it
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 10:53 AM Eric Oyen <eric.oyen@icloud.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, if it works, leave it alone. :)
>>>
>>> -Eric
>>> From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Hands Off Dept.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 3, 2019, at 6:32 AM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I ran the commands. I ran rsync last night and now I open the..... After
>>> investigatin furthrt I have discovered it appended a '1' to Seagate. I
>>> added a '1'  and it is backing up as I type. I don't like having the 1 on
>>> the end but I don't like messing with it any longer!
>>>
>>> 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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