On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:00:37 +0200 1126 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello! > > On Fri, 13. Apr 17:34, Florian Philipp wrote: > > Am 13.04.2012 17:18, schrieb 1126: > > > Hello List! > > > > > > I just wanted to format my external hdd with ntfs, but I > > > couldn't. "mkfs.ntfs" is not found, and that's because ntfsprogs > > > is not installed. And I can't install ntfsprogs, because they > > > seem to have disappeared. When I do a "emerge --search ntfs", > > > only ntfs-3g is found. When I search the > > > "packages.gentoo.org"-website, it finds an entry at > > > sys-fs/ntfsprogs, but I can't open the website. > > > > > > What's going on there? ;) > > > > > > Thanks in advance and a fine weekend! > > > > > > Christian. > > > > > > > > > sys-fs/ntfs3g has a new USE flag "ntfsprogs". That's where > > sys-fs/ntfsprogs went. > > Thanks a lot! :) NTFS is a very complex filesystem, mostly undocumented. That ntfs-3g works at all is a marvellous thing. I've always considered that formatting ntfs and doing complicated things with it is best done in Windows. That you want NTFS at all shows you must have Windows available somewhere, I recommend you format the drive there rather. -- Alan McKinnnon [email protected]
