Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 04:43:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> To: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: After Seamonkey browser crash, fsck_ffs is taking forever Message-ID: <1396698180.97218.YahooMailNeo@web181006.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20140405184915.2f20997c@X220.alogt.com> References: <1396688223.7351.YahooMailNeo@web181004.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20140405184915.2f20997c@X220.alogt.com>
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Yahoo! Mail interface strongly favors posting entire response on top of mes= sage being responded to!=0A=0ASorry if my format is a bit inelegant.=0A=0A= =0A----- Original Message -----=0AFrom: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@= alogt.com>=0ATo: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net>=0ACc: "freebsd-= questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; "uellerthomas@aol.c= om" <uellerthomas@aol.com>=0ASent: Saturday, April 5, 2014 10:49 AM=0ASubje= ct: Re: After Seamonkey browser crash, fsck_ffs is taking forever=0A=0AHi,= =0A=0AOn Sat, 5 Apr 2014 01:57:03 -0700 (PDT)=0AThomas Mueller <mueller6724= @bellsouth.net> wrote:=0A=0A> This is the partition mounted as /home, where= most of the user data=0A> is, and I was able to copy (rsync) out most of t= he user data to a=0A> partition on a Western Digital MyBook 3 TB USB 3.0 dr= ive.=0A=0Adid rsync have had to copy a lot of data? If yes, rsync is then v= ery,=0Avery slow.=0A> =0A> Main hard drive is Western Digital Caviar Green = 3 TB.=0A> =0A> How long should I let this continue? =A0I could copy out as = much more=0A=0AOn 3TB and a full copy under rsync? I would estimate up to t= hree days.=0AIf you want to make a simple copy, use even things like cp -av= p and=0Ayou will get the copy much much faster.=0A=0A*My response: No! =A0I= t was a partition of 140 GB, not the whole partition, but important subdire= ctories, and not including the 16 GB LiveUSB-OpenBSD image!=A0=0A=0A> I int= end, after fsck_ffs -y from NetBSD terminates, or I terminate it=0A> with C= trl-C, to open the computer and look for dust or loose=0A> connection. =A0I= think I will do the latter this evening (like about 16=0A> hours from now)= .=0A=0AYou can always do that.=0A> =0A> This hard drive was bought late May= 2011, now barely inside the=0A> three-year warranty.=0A> =0AOk, test it af= ter you have the copy and see how well it behaves.=0A=0AHow about SMART?=0A= =0A*I'll see if it's in FreeBSD ports and if so, build it for USB-stick ins= tall, maybe the USB 3.0 stick installation of FreeBSD 10.0-STABLE. =A0Just = searched on www.freshports.org and found sysutils/smartmontools. =A0To work= on BSD partitions, I'd want a FreeBSD version as opposed to Linux, Windows= or anything else non-BSD.=0A=0A*It's conceivable that I could have a loose= connection or a bit of dust lodged in the part of the disk where the error= s occur.=0A=0A*On two occasions in this episode, system no longer recognize= d the hard drive, but it came back after powering off for 10 or 15 seconds.= =0A=0A> Maybe I should buy another hard drive just in case, Western Digital= ,=0A> Green or maybe Red or Black?=0A> =0AWhen possible, I would buy from a= nother manufacturer.=0A=0A=0A> I would also very much like to know how to b= lock annoyance web=0A> domains such as *.doubleclick.net .=0A> =0A/etc/host= s=0A=0A*My response: How do you get 200 000 entries in /etc/hosts? =A0Surel= y you don't type them all line-by-line?=0A=0A*I had even thought of getting= IP addresses and directing ad.doubleclick.net to b.scorecardresearch.com I= P address and vice versa, but with many more. =A0Or maybe *.doubleclick.net= to 127.0.0.1? =A0Better than 10.0.0.x?=0A=0AMine has some 200 000 entries.= Most sites look totally different when I=0Ado not use it.=0A=0AErich
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