Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 10:11:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> To: Cary <cary@sdf.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: After Seamonkey browser crash, fsck_ffs is taking forever Message-ID: <1396717903.82481.YahooMailNeo@web181001.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20140405163437.GA17605@ypsd.localhost> References: <1396688223.7351.YahooMailNeo@web181004.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20140405163437.GA17605@ypsd.localhost>
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My response at end, will not intersperse this time.=0A=0A=0A----- Original = Message -----=0AFrom: Cary <cary@sdf.org>=0ATo: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724= @bellsouth.net>; SlackBuilds.org Users List <slackbuilds-users@slackbuilds.= org>=0ACc: =0ASent: Saturday, April 5, 2014 4:34 PM=0ASubject: Re: After Se= amonkey browser crash, fsck_ffs is taking forever=0A=0AOn Sat, Apr 05, 2014= at 01:57:03AM -0700, Thomas Mueller wrote:=0A> =0A> Main hard drive is Wes= tern Digital Caviar Green 3 TB.=0A> =0A> How long should I let this continu= e? =A0=0A> =0A> =0AMy suggestion would be to back up your data using a diff= erent tool than rsync and to wipe=0Ayour=A0 partition and start over with a= new FS even after the old FS has been marked clean=0Aby fsck.=0A> =0A> =0A= > I would also very much like to know how to block annoyance web domains su= ch as *.doubleclick.net .=0AYes, that is a good idea.=A0 You should not nee= d them, unless perhaps you are already=0Ashopping for a new computer. =0A= =0A=0AMy response:=0A=0ADid you really mean to send your message to slackbu= ilds-users@slackbuilds.org? =A0I too have made silly mistakes, including se= nding the wrong message.=0A=0AI don't think *.doubleclick.net is a good way= to shop for a new computer!=0A=0AWhat's bad about rsync? =A0Though I could= make a new directory on the USB 3.0 hard drive partition, arlene-backup2 a= nd use cp -Rpv on directories that I'd want to copy.=0A=0ABut I don't want = to back up everything, surely would not want to copy 16 GB LiveUSB-OpenBSD = image, which was extracted from a .7z file. =A0Or DragonFlyBSD images.=0A= =0AIt looks like the bad blocks, or at least what NetBSD fsck_ffs shows, ar= e around block number 740000000, rather than more widespread. =A0I won't le= t fsck_ffs continue indefinitely, considering it may be stuck in a loop. = =A0I could newfs and copy back, or go with another partition on the same ha= rd drive, or on USB 3.0 hard drive. =A0Using USB 3.0 hard drive has the dis= advantage of immobilizing it; I would have to reboot to free the USB 3.0 ha= rd drive for use with the other computer.=0A=0AI don't know if part of the = hard drive has gone bad or if the file system was royally messed up. =A0It = seemed two other frequently-used partitions had minimal damage and were bro= ught back to health.=0A=0ATom=0A
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