From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 5 11:46:24 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D032E8C5 for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2015 11:46:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm15-vm10.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm15-vm10.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [216.109.115.41]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B8BCD4D for ; Thu, 5 Feb 2015 11:46:24 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bellsouth.net; s=s2048; t=1423136632; bh=QzpTZ981Ck4t50ChHkBESBQwtI/U+xP31DRdGiO6YiQ=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:From:Subject; b=BTmaal4bWXB4TIorXUJ454AZ3xAqHr5b+Sv+bDYvdSi/EL+/4kZKnyCOpAM27O7TkJu6W+Ogp1Oxs9Azpfqa2gym7YRIkzrgdodOiBNmZwxKEXRsrIRHEWWuuOvEkdsX91myXahtWcggv/ZbQcr4LGslLLpF6GANk5RcKIHZTdzh40eYC1x4zjTMoFmk0YVY2UC17AYuE2zz4xyCOn2d/DgH4dSN6mottHbmlKa55W1oyjWcRljCUlJmxpHiJaBkyQK5B7PqY/Ks8+ZhfKqCaPO3oq/FMhXnLCwSdIU5MIxtjg/zpqY7v5PZIrmPZRSfd9DbPdVZPTz0EuQaqOCATg== Received: from [66.196.81.164] by nm15.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 Feb 2015 11:43:52 -0000 Received: from [98.138.226.244] by tm10.access.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 Feb 2015 11:43:52 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp115.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 Feb 2015 11:43:52 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 469946.64698.bm@smtp115.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Message-ID: <469946.64698.bm@smtp115.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 11:43:52 +0000 (UTC) X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: .hXprG8VM1li07iOgpX.UkrFXiifLYukWx90g7y6jvLEs6o ATFZCmAMVe97jf_gus97lNLFf5AKFBXvp5_Bf9Xji4bWutV.cUwcRQSjdmN7 eZbLX3ihnIP5NBTuO4nlxu8PbEk4qOZuZH91p3tERfpzYTu9FPkkPMwZWhmv xI.lezOxMLhyBL_eM39Y46xa_Jx9TFIB4_StV4hc6_1_rzBODXc9GBWCjebF 5TZY08gywUQiMuZURzMJI0k42Q9UztZ7lXHciKSXPSpIQiEWQIhlclE4BKCu mU.Dy0pesjnGMdDMTy8yoJ2gLl4RvvTdOiX5Gr__ep.b9Rp7A9wkMTnb2zbK 9xMGt851oKEuGI9APfuk3dHCAJXs4DlcSPvJqvx0jlDSXV_BoElPjse4gTTy 4LSSoLt1.2VT7jf3b60rdBDgksFF9xjfUniM0.kfjd54IM9SKHQzAzqGeCYE GOA8OAAwMUX8jOLzCE0T_njXpB.ozHGpDVNJVWkAwpYFDXnPD64uhUP2pcBA SQ0OKz.mEFZ7zAOw2eq4rItbEGdhfFs4TKNWIWBva8Wh.mvW37lTYGvXdsdI - X-Yahoo-SMTP: Kz_aW1.swBBYof3zAD7.RWzXz9ZAQVDMml1VADsbgPT4Kq79LC0- From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to use mkntfs, I get "not a block device" References: <901212.67634.bm@smtp117.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <43567E46-07C9-4067-B9A7-18080B93B64B@dons.net.au> <134D33C1-973F-46E8-AC09-29CAF8DB3A99@dons.net.au> X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:46:24 -0000 > > On 4 Feb 2015, at 20:28, Thomas Mueller wrote: > >> The port should really patch this out (IMO) - it doesn't make sense on FreeBSD since it doesn't _have_ block devices. > >> If you pass it the -F flag it should let your format the disk. >> > > Should I wait for the bug fix to show in sysutils/fusefs-ntfs, or should I just do > > mkntfs -F /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 ? > > after kldload fuse . > Just use -F. > Note that mkntfs is unrelated to fuse - you can use the NTFS tools without touching FUSE at all - the only time FUSE is involved is when you mount an NTFS volume. > > I thought I'd seen error messages referring to block devices, or "not a block device" in FreeBSD and NetBSD before. > They were removed a while ago :) > Daniel O'Connor I just did with -F, got the message that Windows won't be able to boot from such a device, then get Initializing device with zeroes: 0% (now up to 3% as I type this on other computer. I can wait, really need to go to bed.) I wasn't planning to run MS-Windows, and don't know if there is anything else that could boot from NTFS. Thanks for help! Tom