Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 19:33:58 +0000 (UTC) From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: "O'Connor, Daniel" <darius@dons.net.au> Subject: Re: How to use mkntfs, I get "not a block device" Message-ID: <859719.90543.bm@smtp118.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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In running mkntfs -F /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 I got (do I need to be concerned?) root@amelia:/usr/ports # mkntfs -F /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 is not a block device. mkntfs forced anyway. The partition start sector was not specified for /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 and it could not be obtained automatically. It has been set to 0. The number of sectors per track was not specified for /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 and it could not be obtained automatically. It has been set to 0. The number of heads was not specified for /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 and it could not be obtained automatically. It has been set to 0. Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes. To boot from a device, Windows needs the 'partition start sector', the 'sectors per track' and the 'number of heads' to be set. Windows will not be able to boot from this device. Initializing device with zeroes: 0% 100% - Done. Creating NTFS volume structures. mkntfs completed successfully. Have a nice day. root@amelia:/usr/ports # It took many hours, partition size was 500 GB, I let it run while I was in bed. Tom
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