Hi, correct me if I am wrong, but is it true that ntfsprogs is the only port that comes with formating disk into NTFS system? because days ago I also had this problem with my friend's extra USB 1T HD, I had to use my windows laptop to do the job. thanks!!
TFC On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Chris Rees <utis...@googlemail.com> wrote: > 2009/4/11 Jan Henrik Sylvester <m...@janh.de>: >> Chris Rees wrote: >>> >>> 2009/4/11 Jan Henrik Sylvester <m...@janh.de>: >>>> >>>> Yuri wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I need to format NTFS partition to give HD to someone to write things >>>> >>>> mkntfs from sysutils/ntfsprogs should do it. >>>> >>> >>> Yuri had already written ONE LINE below your quote: >>> >>>> I tried to use mkntfs from ports/ntfsprogs but it didn't finish after an >>>> extremely long time, > 24hrs. >> >> Yes, sorry, I totally failed to make my point, since I scrapped that line >> and forgot about it writing the mail. (The important part was in the >> parenthesis you removed.) >> >> My point is that I had problems with ntfsresize from ntfsprogs-2.0.0 not >> working, while ntfsresize from ntfsprogs-1.13.1 was doing just fine. (I hit >> that twice -- on different computers.) >> >> Thus, I would suggest to try mkntfs from ntfsprogs-1.13.1, if mkntfs from >> ntfsprogs-2.0.0 fails. >> >> If the older mkntfs works, it would be another reason to revive the old >> port. >> >> ntfsprogs-2.0.0 was criticized, for example in the thread ending with this >> posting: >> http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-devel-list/2008-May/msg02306.html >> >> A developer from ntfs-3g that formerly worked on ntfsprogs recommends to use >> the older version: http://www.ntfs-3g.org/support.html#ntfsprogs >> >> I do not really know who is right, but ntfs-3g is actively developed while >> ntfsprogs is not, other people seem to trust ntfs-3g more than the newer >> version of ntfsprogs, and the arguments of the ntfs-3g developer sound >> reasonable. >> >> I wrote about it last year (before I actually hit problems): >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2008-August/050157.html >> >> The reply was that there are no new problems known with the 2.0.0 version: >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2008-August/050406.html >> >> I would like to have ntfsprogs-1.13.1 back -- as ports/ntfsprogs1 or by >> reverting ports/ntfsprogs. Thus, Yuri, please try and report back. >> >> Cheers, >> Jan Henrik >> > > Hah, sorry for the vicious reply from me. Don't take it personally, I > just snapped this time at reading what looked like a dupe >< I promise > I'll lay off the coffee for a bit. > > Chris > > -- > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"