Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 08:09:20 +1030 From: "O'Connor, Daniel" <darius@dons.net.au> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to use mkntfs, I get "not a block device" Message-ID: <FFFC554B-0ED3-4B51-867F-82F087FF94EC@dons.net.au> In-Reply-To: <859719.90543.bm@smtp118.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <859719.90543.bm@smtp118.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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> On 6 Feb 2015, at 06:03, Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> = wrote: >=20 > In running=20 > mkntfs -F /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 >=20 > I got (do I need to be concerned?) >=20 > 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%=20 > 100% - Done. > Creating NTFS volume structures. > mkntfs completed successfully. Have a nice day. > root@amelia:/usr/ports #=20 So long as you don't want to do boot Windows from it, it should be fine. I imagine the port could be fixed to fetch those but I guess no one has = bothered. > It took many hours, partition size was 500 GB, I let it run while I = was in bed. I forgot - it does a full format (i.e. zeroes every sector) by default - = if you pass -f it will do a quick format instead (see the man page) -- Daniel O'Connor "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C
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