Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 20:01:49 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: After Seamonkey browser crash, fsck_ffs is taking forever Message-ID: <20140405200149.50f36ec4@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <1396698180.97218.YahooMailNeo@web181006.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1396688223.7351.YahooMailNeo@web181004.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20140405184915.2f20997c@X220.alogt.com> <1396698180.97218.YahooMailNeo@web181006.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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Hi, On Sat, 5 Apr 2014 04:43:00 -0700 (PDT) Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Yahoo! Mail interface strongly favors posting entire response on top > of message being responded to! >=20 > Sorry if my format is a bit inelegant. do not worry, at least I will not complain. >=20 >=20 > On 3TB and a full copy under rsync? I would estimate up to three days. > If you want to make a simple copy, use even things like cp -avp and > you will get the copy much much faster. >=20 > *My response: No! =A0It was a partition of 140 GB, not the whole > partition, but important subdirectories, and not including the 16 GB > LiveUSB-OpenBSD image!=A0 >=20 Should be done in a few hours. > > This hard drive was bought late May 2011, now barely inside the > > three-year warranty. > >=20 > Ok, test it after you have the copy and see how well it behaves. >=20 > How about SMART? >=20 > *I'll see if it's in FreeBSD ports and if so, build it for USB-stick > install, 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. >=20 SMART works directly with the drive. Just install it on the memory stick and run it. > *It's conceivable that I could have a loose connection or a bit of > dust lodged in the part of the disk where the errors occur. No dust. If dust would be the problem, you would have a very serious problem. It is either a loose connection or a damaged cable if it is a problem like this at all. Connectors are normally able to seal gasses locally of. So, dust cannot creep in at all. >=20 > *On two occasions in this episode, system no longer recognized the > hard drive, but it came back after powering off for 10 or 15 seconds. Even this could be a thermal problem which in turn could be caused by dust on the wrong place or a dying fan. >=20 > > I would also very much like to know how to block annoyance web > > domains such as *.doubleclick.net . > >=20 > /etc/hosts >=20 > *My response: How do you get 200 000 entries in /etc/hosts? =A0Surely > you don't type them all line-by-line? >=20 Collecting and typing. There are some sample available at the Internet. In addition I always kept my own entries. I never check if they got outdated. > *I had even thought of getting IP addresses and directing > ad.doubleclick.net to b.scorecardresearch.com IP address and vice > versa, but with many more. =A0Or maybe *.doubleclick.net to 127.0.0.1? > =A0Better than 10.0.0.x? A connection to 127.0.0.1 will always be honoured while a connection to any other address might will result in a time-out which would make websites slow. >=20 Erich=20
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