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Mon Feb 4 09:26:05 MST 2019

no. I'll just run it with sudo. or is there a specific reason for that?

On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 11:22 AM Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com> wrote:

> Hmmmm. Have you got a sodo’ers file in /etc? You might have to add your
> user account there. Also, it probably wouldn’t hurt to add your account to
> the rsync group.
>
> -Eric
> From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Unix and other things
> Dept.
>
>
> On Feb 4, 2019, at 9:14 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I also have to sudo it
>
> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 10:53 AM Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, if it works, leave it alone. :)
>>
>> -Eric
>> From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Hands Off Dept.
>>
>>
>> On Feb 3, 2019, at 6:32 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I ran the commands. I ran rsync last night and now I open the..... After
>> investigatin furthrt I have discovered it appended a '1' to Seagate. I
>> added a '1'  and it is backing up as I type. I don't like having the 1 on
>> the end but I don't like messing with it any longer!
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 6:54 PM Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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 at 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 at 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 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Its been running for about four minutes now and the drive is just
>>>> flashing.
>>>> This is what I ran:
>>>> bmike1 at 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 at MikesBeast:~$ sudo umount /dev/sdc1
>>>> bmike1 at MikesBeast:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/test
>>>> bmike1 at MikesBeast:~$ find /mnt/test -type f -exec cp "{}" /dev/null \;
>>>>
>>>> Is this correct?
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 12:41 PM <kitepilot at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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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