Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 18:49:15 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> Cc: "uellerthomas@aol.com" <uellerthomas@aol.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: After Seamonkey browser crash, fsck_ffs is taking forever Message-ID: <20140405184915.2f20997c@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <1396688223.7351.YahooMailNeo@web181004.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1396688223.7351.YahooMailNeo@web181004.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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Hi, On Sat, 5 Apr 2014 01:57:03 -0700 (PDT) Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> wrote: > This is the partition mounted as /home, where most of the user data > is, and I was able to copy (rsync) out most of the user data to a > partition on a Western Digital MyBook 3 TB USB 3.0 drive. did rsync have had to copy a lot of data? If yes, rsync is then very, very slow. >=20 > Main hard drive is Western Digital Caviar Green 3 TB. >=20 > How long should I let this continue? =A0I could copy out as much more 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. > I intend, after fsck_ffs -y from NetBSD terminates, or I terminate it > with Ctrl-C, to open the computer and look for dust or loose > connection. =A0I think I will do the latter this evening (like about 16 > hours from now). You can always do that. >=20 > 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. How about SMART? > Maybe I should buy another hard drive just in case, Western Digital, > Green or maybe Red or Black? >=20 When possible, I would buy from another manufacturer. > I would also very much like to know how to block annoyance web > domains such as *.doubleclick.net . >=20 /etc/hosts Mine has some 200 000 entries. Most sites look totally different when I do not use it. Erich
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