hang trying to copy from NTFS filesystem to another NTFS filesystem

[Felix Miata <mrmazda opensuse org>]

Is this a known limitation? First I tried copying from an NTFS USB stick files
that originally came from a .tgz file created from an NTFS filesystem. I tried
using MC in the Knoppix 8.6 GUI from that stick to an installed SSD's Windows
system partition. MC hung around 70% complete, leaving no clue in dmesg. Next try
was from the original Windows 7 system partition on the old HD to the freshly
installed Windows 7 system partition on a brand new SSD, which froze MC 4.8.23 on
openSUSE Tumbleweed at 88% complete, files processed 9533/10387, and again no
apparent clue in dmesg.

The journal may have clues, but I don't recognize any as such:
# journalctl -b | egrep -i 'ntfs|sdb|sdc|fuse'
Oct 08 19:15:42 gx780 kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 500118192 512-byte logical blocks:
(256 GB/238 GiB)
Oct 08 19:15:42 gx780 kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
Oct 08 19:15:42 gx780 kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
Oct 08 19:15:42 gx780 kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache:
enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Oct 08 19:15:42 gx780 kernel:  sdb: sdb1 sdb2
Oct 08 19:15:42 gx780 kernel: sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Oct 08 19:15:56 gx780 kernel: fuse init (API version 7.29)
Oct 08 19:15:55 gx780 ntfs-3g[491]: Version 2017.3.23 external FUSE 29
Oct 08 19:15:55 gx780 ntfs-3g[491]: Mounted /dev/sda15 (Read-Write, label
"WinDATA", NTFS 3.1)
Oct 08 19:15:55 gx780 ntfs-3g[491]: Cmdline options:
rw,noatime,noexec,nosuid,nodev,gid=1000,fmask=0111,dmask=0000,locale=en_US.UTF-8,users
Oct 08 19:15:55 gx780 ntfs-3g[491]: Mount options:
rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,users,allow_other,nonempty,noatime,default_permissions,fsname=/dev/sda15,blkdev,blksize=4096
Oct 08 19:15:55 gx780 ntfs-3g[491]: Global ownership and permissions enforced,
configuration type 7
Oct 08 19:15:55 gx780 ntfs-3g[491]: Warning : using problematic uid==0 and gid!=0
Oct 08 19:15:56 gx780 ntfs-3g[494]: Version 2017.3.23 external FUSE 29
Oct 08 19:15:56 gx780 ntfs-3g[494]: Mounted /dev/sda6 (Read-Write, label "WinSYS",
NTFS 3.1)
Oct 08 19:15:56 gx780 ntfs-3g[494]: Cmdline options:
rw,noatime,noexec,nosuid,nodev,gid=1000,fmask=0111,dmask=0000,locale=en_US.UTF-8,users
Oct 08 19:15:56 gx780 ntfs-3g[494]: Mount options:
rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,users,allow_other,nonempty,noatime,default_permissions,fsname=/dev/sda6,blkdev,blksize=4096
Oct 08 19:15:56 gx780 ntfs-3g[494]: Global ownership and permissions enforced,
configuration type 7
Oct 08 19:15:56 gx780 ntfs-3g[494]: Warning : using problematic uid==0 and gid!=0
Oct 08 19:15:57 gx780 systemd[1]: Mounting FUSE Control File System...
Oct 08 19:15:57 gx780 systemd[1]: Mounted FUSE Control File System.
Oct 08 19:16:06 gx780 smartd[670]: Device: /dev/sdb, type changed from 'scsi' to 'sat'
Oct 08 19:16:06 gx780 smartd[670]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], opened
Oct 08 19:16:06 gx780 smartd[670]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], APS-SL3N-256,
S/N:SF05C32442WL, WWN:0-000000-000000000, FW:SBFM11.2, 256 GB
Oct 08 19:16:06 gx780 smartd[670]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], not found in smartd
database.
Oct 08 19:16:06 gx780 smartd[670]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], can't monitor
Current_Pending_Sector count - no Attribute 197
Oct 08 19:16:06 gx780 smartd[670]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], can't monitor
Offline_Uncorrectable count - no Attribute 198
Oct 08 19:16:06 gx780 smartd[670]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], is SMART capable.
Adding to "monitor" list.
Oct 08 19:16:07 gx780 smartd[670]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], state written to
/var/lib/smartmontools/smartd.APS_SL3N_256-SF05C32442WL.ata.state
Oct 08 19:18:47 gx780 ntfs-3g[2487]: Version 2017.3.23 external FUSE 29
Oct 08 19:18:47 gx780 ntfs-3g[2487]: Mounted /dev/sdb2 (Read-Write, label
"Win7SYS", NTFS 3.1)
Oct 08 19:18:47 gx780 ntfs-3g[2487]: Cmdline options: rw
Oct 08 19:18:47 gx780 ntfs-3g[2487]: Mount options:
rw,allow_other,nonempty,relatime,fsname=/dev/sdb2,blkdev,blksize=4096
Oct 08 19:18:47 gx780 ntfs-3g[2487]: Ownership and permissions disabled,
configuration type 7
Oct 08 19:19:30 gx780 kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] 312581808 512-byte logical blocks:
(160 GB/149 GiB)
Oct 08 19:19:30 gx780 kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] 4096-byte physical blocks
Oct 08 19:19:30 gx780 kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
Oct 08 19:19:30 gx780 kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 5f 00 00 08
Oct 08 19:19:30 gx780 kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Disabling FUA
Oct 08 19:19:30 gx780 kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache:
enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Oct 08 19:19:30 gx780 kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Optimal transfer size 33553920
bytes not a multiple of physical block size (4096 bytes)
Oct 08 19:19:30 gx780 kernel:  sdc: sdc1 sdc2
Oct 08 19:19:30 gx780 kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
Oct 08 19:19:43 gx780 kdeinit5[1172]: DeviceServiceAction::execute:
"/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/sdb2"  is not a StorageAccess device
Oct 08 19:20:19 gx780 ntfs-3g[2612]: Version 2017.3.23 external FUSE 29
Oct 08 19:20:19 gx780 ntfs-3g[2612]: Mounted /dev/sdc2 (Read-Write, label
"WinRUN", NTFS 3.1)
Oct 08 19:20:19 gx780 ntfs-3g[2612]: Cmdline options: rw
Oct 08 19:20:19 gx780 ntfs-3g[2612]: Mount options:
rw,allow_other,nonempty,relatime,fsname=/dev/sdc2,blkdev,blksize=4096
Oct 08 19:20:19 gx780 ntfs-3g[2612]: Ownership and permissions disabled,
configuration type 7
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