Re: How to create NTFS file system from FreeBSD?

2009-04-13 Thread Chris Rees
2009/4/13 Tsu-Fan Cheng : > 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!! > >

Re: How to create NTFS file system from FreeBSD?

2009-04-13 Thread Tsu-Fan Cheng
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,

Re: How to create NTFS file system from FreeBSD?

2009-04-11 Thread Chris Rees
2009/4/11 Jan Henrik Sylvester : > Chris Rees wrote: >> >> 2009/4/11 Jan Henrik Sylvester : >>> >>> 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

Re: How to create NTFS file system from FreeBSD?

2009-04-11 Thread Jan Henrik Sylvester
Chris Rees wrote: 2009/4/11 Jan Henrik Sylvester : 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 fi

Re: How to create NTFS file system from FreeBSD?

2009-04-11 Thread Chris Rees
2009/4/11 Jan Henrik Sylvester : > 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

Re: How to create NTFS file system from FreeBSD?

2009-04-10 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, > The easiest way would be to format it inside a "Windows" PC > that is NTFS capable. But I think your problem is that you > don't have such a PC at hand... > > Maybe a (very overcomplicated) solution is to (install and > then) run some kind of "Windows" in a VM and format the disk > from the

Re: How to create NTFS file system from FreeBSD?

2009-04-10 Thread Jan Henrik Sylvester
Yuri wrote: > I need to format NTFS partition to give HD to someone to write things mkntfs from sysutils/ntfsprogs should do it. (I did use mkntfs successfully with the 1.13.1 version, but never tried with 2.0.0. ntfsresize from 2.0.0 failed for me when 1.13.1 did work.) Jan Henrik __

Re: How to create NTFS file system from FreeBSD?

2009-04-10 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:33:13 -0700, Yuri wrote: > Unfortunately FAT32 has a file size limit 2^32-1 bytes (~4GB) > And I talk about HD 1TB and files might me larger. The easiest way would be to format it inside a "Windows" PC that is NTFS capable. But I think your problem is that you don't have su

Re: How to create NTFS file system from FreeBSD?

2009-04-10 Thread Yuri
Wojciech Puchar wrote: i would rather make FAT32 partition Unfortunately FAT32 has a file size limit 2^32-1 bytes (~4GB) And I talk about HD 1TB and files might me larger. Yuri ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: How to create NTFS file system from FreeBSD?

2009-04-10 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I need to format NTFS partition to give HD to someone to write things on it under Windows. i would rather make FAT32 partition newfs_msdos ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To