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   From: none@not.here   
      
   Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
   > In aus.computers Felix  wrote:   
   >> I need to transfer/copy a LOT of files of all kinds, eg. video, audio,   
   >> text, html, etc., from NTFS formatted SATA mechanical drives via a USB   
   >> case to an internal SATA mechanical drive formatted in Ext4, but using   
   >> Nemo the file transfer often stops with an error message 'Input/Output   
   >> error'. According to Mr. Google this is a common Linux problem with   
   >> transferring/copying files, and due to inadequate buffering.   
   > I guess any such "common Linux problem" must just be with NTFS   
   > since it's definitely not a common problem in general use with   
   > Linux filesystems.   
      
   yes I want the files on Ext4 drives   
      
   > In that case note that there are competing NTFS   
   > driver projects for Linux, and if you're using the kernel's   
   > built-in NTFS driver, try NTFS-3G instead. Unmount the NTFS   
   > filesystem and then mount it again using the "ntfs-3g" command   
   > from the command-line:   
      
   I really don't want to mess with the files on the NTFS drives   
      
   >   
   > eg. if you run   
   >    mount -t ntfs   
   > and it returns something like   
   >    /dev/sdb1 on /mnt/windows type ntfs ([...])   
   > then do   
   >    sudo umount /mnt/windows   
   >    sudo ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /mnt/windows   
   > If you get "ntfs-3g: not found", install the ntfs-3g package and   
   > try again   
   >    sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g   
   >   
   > There was actually a new Linux NTFS driver announced recently, but   
   > it won't be available to use in Mint yet:   
   >   
   > https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-NTFSPLUS-NTFS-Driver   
   >   
      
      
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