Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:27:45 +0200 From: Jan Henrik Sylvester <me@janh.de> To: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> Cc: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>, questions-list freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Alejandro Pulver <alepulver@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: How to create NTFS file system from FreeBSD? Message-ID: <49E07EB1.8090701@janh.de> In-Reply-To: <b79ecaef0904110355q57e14917s61514b39fb97ece1@mail.gmail.com> References: <49DFDD0B.9040602@janh.de> <b79ecaef0904110355q57e14917s61514b39fb97ece1@mail.gmail.com>
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Chris Rees wrote: > 2009/4/11 Jan Henrik Sylvester <me@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
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