Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 04:40:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> To: Cary <cary@sdf.org>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: After Seamonkey browser crash, fsck_ffs is taking forever Message-ID: <1396784407.18267.YahooMailNeo@web181002.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20140405202702.GA18249@ypsd.localhost> References: <1396688223.7351.YahooMailNeo@web181004.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20140405163437.GA17605@ypsd.localhost> <1396717903.82481.YahooMailNeo@web181001.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20140405202702.GA18249@ypsd.localhost>
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=0A=0A----- Original Message -----=0AFrom: Cary <cary@sdf.org>=0ATo: Thomas= Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net>; "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <free= bsd-questions@freebsd.org>=0ACc: =0ASent: Saturday, April 5, 2014 8:27 PM= =0ASubject: Re: After Seamonkey browser crash, fsck_ffs is taking forever= =0A=0A=0AYes, my bad.=A0 :-(=A0 Posting to the other list =0Awas a silly mi= x-up, a result of using too many different muttrc files. =0A=0A=0Arsync may= not copy fast enough in emergency situations such as when a disk=0Amay fai= l.=A0 You have pax(1), tar(1), or cpio(1) to use instead.=0A=0A=0A=0A"cpio = -p" with input from find (1) works well. =0A=0AMy response, after trimming = extra freight:=0A=0AIf I keep entire message being responded to, or entire = thread history, AT&T YAHOO! webmail interface becomes a mess! =A0Composing = email with vi editor is much better!=0A=0AI'm aware of pax and cpio but hav= e never used them, have used tar mainly for extracting a tarball archive.= =0A=0ANow I would want to copy all I want and can, skipping unnecessary fre= ight, to a new partition on USB 3.0 hard drive or the same Western Digital = Green hard drive that is having so much trouble with one partition. =A0On 3= TB hard drive, I have plenty of extra space now sitting idle.=0A=0ANetBSD = fsck_ffs is still at it after 50 hours, I didn't get time yesterday to do a= ny more so let it keep running but intend to do something today.=0A=0AI won= der if it's possible to suspend fsck_ffs, put it in background, and mount t= he partition read-only to see the condition. =A0But NetBSD can't access USB= 3.0 hard drive for lack of USB 3.0 support; OpenBSD has no GPT support. = =A0I think NetBSD fsck_ffs likely stuck in a loop.=0A=0AI'm looking for ano= ther big hard drive, external or internal SATA, just in case, have not yet = decided if I need to buy.=0A=0AI also have the problem on other of computer= of Opti-UPS battery reaching end of life, where it can possibly shut off s= uddenly without warning, once did last week when computer was on but idle. = =A0I have ordered replacement battery.=0A=0ATom=0A
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