From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 11 11:27:47 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDFDC1065690 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:27:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from me@janh.de) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78AD48FC15 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:27:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from me@janh.de) Received: from janh.freebsd (e177242128.adsl.alicedsl.de [85.177.242.128]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKv1o-1LsbNA30Ow-000jKl; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:27:45 +0200 Message-ID: <49E07EB1.8090701@janh.de> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:27:45 +0200 From: Jan Henrik Sylvester User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090405) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Rees References: <49DFDD0B.9040602@janh.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19SsV3slYrpw32LOotMUlF8I5623VWLT7MiI7l fH7YynPh+cA2DX77Q7a4NjD50m+fyYEld4qiEO5ylFWnu2Vo4Q JmSu2CTg7iveQhwX2J9xw== Cc: Yuri , questions-list freebsd , Alejandro Pulver Subject: Re: How to create NTFS file system from FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:27:50 -0000 Chris Rees wrote: > 2009/4/11 Jan Henrik Sylvester : >> 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