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Author: Eric Oyen
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Subject: Re: Plug
Hmmm. That sounds like a possibility. Have you run any of the smartMon tools on that drive to see what the SMART status is? Also, have you run FSCK on that drive to see if the filesystem is reasonably coherent? I would check these first before declaring the drive dead.

-Eric
From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Hardware revitalization Dept.


> On Jan 31, 2019, at 10:24 AM, Michael <> wrote:
>
> Nope. I'm thinking the external drive is dieing.
>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 9:19 AM Eric Oyen < <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 < <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 < <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, <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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