oldnoob Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 (edited) I am trying to copy 185GB of data between 2 external usb HDD's, but I keep getting errors. As root using konqueror, I am trying to copy from sdb1, a borrowed ntfs hard disk volume to sda1 a newly formatted ext3 removable device. It will happily copy for a couple of minutes, and then squark about about not being able to copy files with a "skip" button, but it just wont copy any more files. Then I cant delete the files that did copy over to the ext3 drive, comes up with an error until I unmount then remount the device again, then I can delete the files. In an effort to get more information, I tried to copy the files using a terminal, same result, It will copy for a couple of minutes and then give me a whole lot of errors cp: cannot create directory `/mnt/removable1/LinuxPartitionBackUP/Beck - The Information': Read-only file system cp: cannot create directory `/mnt/removable1/LinuxPartitionBackUP/Music': Read-only file system etc...etc.. Please if anyone can help because I just dont understand why if it is a read only file system it copys some files then stops. I have tried changing permissions of /mnt/removeable1 but it makes no difference Edit: I have just noticed that the files appear to copy ok to another internal drive partition but I just dont have the space to copy everything off, so I feel the problem imust be with my newly formatted drive. Edited December 2, 2006 by oldnoob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnoob Posted December 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 I have got it working now. I formatted the drive again using mcc, the same as I did previously, but this time I didnt click the mount button after the formatting stage. I am none the wiser, but at least I have a working drive again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 I think that when you reformat the drive using MCC that it then automatically mounts the drive. I notice that during the installation phase of the OS and really it is using MCC there as well. Clicking to mount the drive possibly causes a confusion since the drive is already mounted. Just my 6 pence worth. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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