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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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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