Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 22:02:51 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison) To: darius@dons.net.au, mueller6724@bellsouth.net Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to use mkntfs, I get "not a block device" Message-ID: <54e81f8b.iZkfCrTmbsYKu5o6%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <43567E46-07C9-4067-B9A7-18080B93B64B@dons.net.au> References: <901212.67634.bm@smtp117.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <43567E46-07C9-4067-B9A7-18080B93B64B@dons.net.au>
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"O'Connor, Daniel" <darius@dons.net.au> wrote: > > On 3 Feb 2015, at 22:59, Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > I can't format a partition for NTFS with fusefs-ntfs port, using mkntfs. ... > > root@amelia:~ # mkntfs /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 > > /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 is not a block device. > > Refusing to make a filesystem here! > > The port should really patch this out (IMO) - it doesn't make > sense on FreeBSD since it doesn't _have_ block devices. Better yet, patch the port to accept either a block or a char device and push the fix upstream. Even Unixen that have both types normally allow FS to be made on either the block or the char device.
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