new external drive

[Brien Dieterle]

Yeah I would send it back :-p

On Nov 25, 2016 4:37 PM, "Michael" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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-interpr
>> et-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-ba
>> d--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*
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>>>>>> *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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