Plug it in, run "mount", just the command, no options, to print mount
options, and show us the filesystem and options?
On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 8:28 PM, Michael <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> df says it is 85% full with 5 G left of 30. I sure hope it isn't dying....
> I bought it less than a year ago. I only write to it around 8 times a
> month. as for how it is mounted this is the first time it has messed up on
> me since I bought it.
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 11:01 PM, Bob Elzer <bob.elzer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a feeling that your USB drive may be dying.
>>
>> If it is flash, how many times have you copied to it? A lot?
>>
>> What size is it? Is it near full?
>> On May 9, 2016 7:21 PM, "Michael" <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> what about this:
>>> "read only file system" thing?
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:15 PM, Sesso <sesso@djsesso.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Try using just --delete instead of --delete-before
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On May 9, 2016, at 7:09 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> well, I just ran it with the trailing slash and it gave me the same
>>>> output as before except it happened immediately. The USB drive wasn't
>>>> accessd for five minutes.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:04 PM, Bob Elzer <bob.elzer@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My syncs look like this
>>>>>
>>>>> Rsync -rauh --delete /frompath/fromdir /topath/todir
>>>>>
>>>>> This copies the fromdir into the todir directory and copies all files
>>>>> and directories below fromdir
>>>>>
>>>>> -r recursive
>>>>> -a archive - which is synonymous to -rlptgoD
>>>>> -u update :don't over write newer files
>>>>> -W copy whole files (don't do delta)
>>>>> -h human readable numbers
>>>>>
>>>>> This backs up my stuff to an external drive, thus I don't need to do a
>>>>> delta or compression because it is all local
>>>>> --delete Any files that were removed from the source will be removed
>>>>> from the destination
>>>>>
>>>>> If I were copying across a network, I add -z and remove -W
>>>>> Which will compress the transfer and only send changes when possible.
>>>>>
>>>>> Normally I use --quiet and change it to --verbose or --progress when I
>>>>> want to monitor it
>>>>> On May 9, 2016 4:05 PM, "Michael" <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> When I run rsync one file (a directory) will not sync and the files
>>>>>> in that file. I was wondering why. I thought that maybe if the file was in
>>>>>> there to start that would fix it and it does so if only temporarily. Upon
>>>>>> the next run of rsync the directory in question is deleted.
>>>>>> the command that is run:
>>>>>> $ rsync -aWuq --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents
>>>>>> /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FAfv-aLaQR6HWUx8M-aZF4QL8oAsi6SH2Xg01vKpTPI/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>>>
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