Hi, JD wrote: > Dear All, > I have a Seagate GoFlex 1TB drive, > all of which is formatted as ntfs. > > I connected it to usb, and mounted it (on /sdd1) > I then > tar -cf - /sdd1 | xz -c -9 > /sdb5/backup/goflex1tb/sdd1.tar.xz > > After some time (not sure how long - I had left it running all > night long), tar had belched out thousands of messages like > > ...... Read error at byte 0, while reading 4096 bytes: Input/output error > and > ..... File removed before we read it > > Then I booted into windows vista, and tried to do a simple backup > from the 1TB drive (K:) to (I:) > It only hickup'ed on 2 files, which were corrupted. All rest of files > were copied without incident. > > So, I am wondering if this is a USB hardware issue, or USB Driver issue > or ntfs-3g issue? > > PS: I am on fc16, with ntfs-3g-2011.4.12-5.fc16.i686 > and kernel-3.3.8-1.fc16.i686 > > P.S: The problematic copy under fedora is repeatable.
I would suggest a hardware issue. Some parts of the drive cannot be read any more, and you have more errors on Fedora because you make a full copy, whereas on Windows you only copy the space used by files. Regards Jean-Pierre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ ntfs-3g-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ntfs-3g-devel
