new external drive

[Michael]

I would love to use a *nix native file system but I want to be able to
share this between systems. Everytime the thing goes to a new line the
write error is incremented by 1. This is a new disk. It shouldn't do that!
I think I should send it back! What do you guys think?

On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Brien Dieterle <briend at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/65349/how-to-
> interpret-badblocks-output
>
> Sounds like it had a lot of writing errors.  Thing is I'll not sure how to
> deal with it while using NTFS
>
> http://linux.bigresource.com/General-NTFS-marking-sectors-
> bad--aLwrEyk32.html
>
> If you use ext3 or ext4 you can check for and mark bad blocks during
> format with the -c option.  mkfs.ext4 -c /dev/sdd1
>
> On Nov 25, 2016 1:59 PM, "Michael" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I was wondering:
>> The print out on the terminal reads:
>>
>> 1973729 done, 3:49:08 elapsed. (0/7649/0 errors)
>>
>> what does "(0/7649/0 errors)" mean?
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to run 'badblocks' but each time I run it get the same  thing.
>>>
>>> $ sudo badblocks -b 4096 -c 98304 -p 0 -w -s /media/bmike1/NexStar
>>> badblocks: invalid starting block (0): must be less than 0
>>> .
>>> .
>>> .
>>> I just googled the error and find:
>>>
>>> -Apparently this is Linux-speak for "This program needs the name of a
>>> device file, and the programmer was too lazy to have it detect that you
>>> supplied the name of the mount point instead".-
>>>
>>> How do I discover the device as opposed to the mount point?
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 4:30 PM, Brien Dieterle <briend at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Almost looks like bad sectors. Might want to try badblocks
>>>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/badblocks
>>>> Maybe try formatting it ext4
>>>> Maybe try another USB port and cable
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 24, 2016 1:21 PM, "Michael" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I really appreciate the help.... It errored out though. Here is what
>>>>> gparted reported:
>>>>>
>>>>> *Create Primary Partition #1 (ntfs, 232.88 GiB) on /dev/sdd*  00:00:37    (
>>>>> ERROR )
>>>>>
>>>>> create empty partition  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *path: /dev/sdd1start: 2048end: 488396799size: 488394752 (232.88 GiB)*
>>>>> clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdd1  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
>>>>>
>>>>> write 68.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
>>>>> write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS
>>>>> )
>>>>> write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 250058108928  00:00:00    (
>>>>> SUCCESS )
>>>>> flush operating system cache of /dev/sdd  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
>>>>> set partition type on /dev/sdd1  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
>>>>>
>>>>> *new partition type: ntfs*
>>>>> create new ntfs file system  00:00:37    ( ERROR )
>>>>>
>>>>> *mkntfs -Q -v -L "NexStar" /dev/sdd1*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.Creating NTFS
>>>>> volume structures.Creating root directory (mft record 5)Creating $MFT (mft
>>>>> record 0)Creating $MFTMirr (mft record 1)Creating $LogFile (mft record
>>>>> 2)Creating $AttrDef (mft record 4)Creating $Bitmap (mft record 6)Creating
>>>>> $Boot (mft record 7)Creating backup boot sector.Creating $Volume (mft
>>>>> record 3)Creating $BadClus (mft record 8)Creating $Secure (mft record
>>>>> 9)Creating $UpCase (mft record 0xa)Creating $Extend (mft record 11)Creating
>>>>> system file (mft record 0xc)Creating system file (mft record 0xd)Creating
>>>>> system file (mft record 0xe)Creating system file (mft record 0xf)Creating
>>>>> $Quota (mft record 24)Creating $ObjId (mft record 25)Creating $Reparse (mft
>>>>> record 26)Syncing root directory index record.Syncing $Bitmap.Syncing
>>>>> $MFT.Updating $MFTMirr.Syncing device.*
>>>>>
>>>>> *Failed to sync device /dev/sdd1: Input/output errorSyncing device.
>>>>> FAILED*
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Stephen Partington <
>>>>> cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Get gparted and use it to take a look. Lots of USB drives have some
>>>>>> wonky trick they use.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Nov 24, 2016 12:04 PM, "Michael" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I got a problem. This new drive won't format. Linux saw it when I
>>>>>>> first plugged it in. I then tried copying some files to it which resulted
>>>>>>> in an error appearing after 5-10 minutes telling me to open windows and run
>>>>>>> 'chkdsk \f' on the device. Then I plugged it into windows10 and couldn't
>>>>>>> figure out how to open a terminal so I decided to format it. But it
>>>>>>> wouldn't format. When I attempt to it flashes twice a second for a little
>>>>>>> then a long flash then again quickly. So I figured I would attempt the
>>>>>>> format with Linux but Linux doesn't see the drive now so no formatting with
>>>>>>> it. Can someone help?
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