Christian Zimmermann writes

I will try to find time on Friday to work on nebka. I have found some instructions that should help. It will probably be in the afternoon.

I have again partitioned and formated sdb for you. nebka:~# cfdisk /dev/sdb Disk has been changed. WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x partitions, please see the cfdisk manual page for additional information. nebka:~# mke2fs -j /dev/sdb1 mke2fs 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) 17104896 inodes, 34180287 blocks 1709014 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=0 1044 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 16384 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872 Writing inode tables: done Creating journal (32768 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 24 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. nebka:~# mkswap /dev/sdb2 Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 6794076 kB no label, UUID=c8c7d98b-7c1b-4e19-aa53-9537bd86b23e Remember, you must first e2fsck -c -y to mark the bad blocks as bad, before you attempt to rsync. Otherwise rsync is likely to crash the machine when it hits the new bad block. Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel RePEc:per:1965-06-05:thomas_krichel phone: +7 383 330 6813 skype: thomaskrichel