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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
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=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=
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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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