new external drive

[Michael]

this was the result of badblocks:

Testing with pattern 0x55:   0.00% done, 12:18:18 elapsed.
(98304/60951342/0 errdone
ors)
Reading and comparing: done
ors)
Testing with pattern 0xff:   0.00% done, 12:20:59 elapsed.
(98304/60951342/0 errdone
ors)
Reading and comparing: done
ors)
Testing with pattern 0x00:   0.00% done, 12:23:41 elapsed.
(98304/60951342/0 errdone
ors)
Reading and comparing: done
ors)

that is a whole bunch of write errors!

On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 6:38 PM, Brien Dieterle <briend at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *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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