On Sun, Jun 07, 2015 at 07:46:43PM -0500 or thereabouts, Theodore Wynnychenko wrote: > Hello > > I have been trying to use the ntfs_3g fuse package to get write access to an > ntfs drive. > > While I have had no issues mounting the drive and writing to it, occasionally > I > have problems when trying to unmount the drive.
I used to see something similar with 5.6-stable with a usb drive but no longer with 5.7-stable. On 5.6 # mount still listed the drive as mounted. # umount fusefs unmounted for me perfectly well. Good Luck Moss > > Basically, I want to make a more "portable" copy of my data. I have an > external > eSata drive. The drive is NOT mounted during boot. > > I have a cron job that runs a script and makes a copy of my data to the > external > drive. The script is simple: > > --- > #!/bin/sh > /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g /dev/sd2i /home/backup > /usr/local/bin/rsync --recursive --archive --delete /home/data/ > /home/backup/data > /sbin/umount /home/backup > --- > > It appears that when there aren't many new or changed files, everything is > fine. > However, if there is a "lot" of new data to copy, the umount command at the > end > returns an error, and the mount point for the drive is "missing." Running the > commands manual produces the same error. E.g.: > > # /usr/local/bin/ntfs-3g /dev/sd2i /home/backup > << no errors >> > # /usr/local/bin/rsync --recursive --archive --delete /home/data/ > /home/backup/data > << no errors >> > # /sbin/umount /home/backup > umount: /home/backup: Device busy > > But, if I check with df, the "fusefs" mounted as /home/backup is gone. > And: > # ls /home/backup/ > ls: /home/backup/: No such file or directory > > But: > # mkdir /home/backup > mkdir: /home/backup: File exists > > Reboot the system, and the missing mount point (/home/backup) reappears. > > I was thinking that maybe this has something to do with the writing of data to > the ntfs volume not being complete when the umount command is executed. So, I > did add a "sleep 600" into the shell script; and it seemed to unmount cleanly > (although, I am not sure if it was the time delay, or just a lack of new data > for rsync to copy). > > However, that doesn't address the underlying issue. > Also I don't understand why the mount point being used by ntfs_3g would be > missing with "ls" but exists with "mkdir". > I have gone through the package's man pages and could find nothing that > appears > relevant. > > I would appreciate any ideas on how to proceed. > > Thanks > > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/x-pkcs7-signature > which had a name of smime.p7s]
