Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:48:37 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: Tsu-Fan Cheng <tfcheng@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to create NTFS file system from FreeBSD? Message-ID: <b79ecaef0904130748x4f8563fbu28c2aa684b9053f8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f84c38580904130731i2311d9d6h5cebe3542e235ef0@mail.gmail.com> References: <49DFDD0B.9040602@janh.de> <b79ecaef0904110355q57e14917s61514b39fb97ece1@mail.gmail.com> <49E07EB1.8090701@janh.de> <b79ecaef0904111722g49f252baja790f2c670bc89b2@mail.gmail.com> <f84c38580904130731i2311d9d6h5cebe3542e235ef0@mail.gmail.com>
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2009/4/13 Tsu-Fan Cheng <tfcheng@gmail.com>: > Hi, > =A0 =A0correct 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 > NTFS is one of the 'crown jewels' at Microsoft, who consider the idea of sharing ideas despicable. The only way to get information about it is to reverse-engineer the format, which is such a bugger that not many people are interested enough in doing. Ntfsprogs is the only tool (AFAIK) that can do that. Read Jan's part though http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=3D1743061+0+archive/2009/freeb= sd-questions/20090412.freebsd-questions Sorry, Chris --=20 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?
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