From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 12 00:22:53 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 87EF81065680 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:22:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f171.google.com (mail-ew0-f171.google.com [209.85.219.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1889E8FC17 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:22:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by ewy19 with SMTP id 19so1535083ewy.43 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:22:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Pjc35NC12R3NC6X/ihA+ehgDr/IigXyQRIG2zqkMPtk=; b=dd2RViCh19B5qjguKOnWHRirKy68NPZmEY4tRDZ4TyvzU7lE6UqFDAh9+PjWkeYlRB /UrvxvBOxWEZmG4VLjkGjWFkyVZiYOm7azmzuylIrXwd+mXWBQR232aLXipdFzmIAy1U 9FVH3UwAjJq15JlwjLjGefvNRUwtOsViiWMjw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=KILyN+kUzfaBZoJbFPwnuYmQHBXjjSX74cZm/tddUxpv1cVrvA4Vs3i4RmsYXN/gB4 bAlGOhmZ/bsyMrWzDI8m16FtJNQFtM3UQ4UAy0Y0eQb5IR5BYzFUZ47gRkfmhGWPzQr0 X5w3G6FxmNwedbW2fvsbKx7+0UHpx8nM11ytg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.105.8 with SMTP id d8mr4111087ebc.48.1239495772142; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:22:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <49E07EB1.8090701@janh.de> References: <49DFDD0B.9040602@janh.de> <49E07EB1.8090701@janh.de> From: Chris Rees Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:22:37 +0100 Message-ID: To: Jan Henrik Sylvester , FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: How to create NTFS file system from FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:22:53 -0000 2009/4/11 Jan Henrik Sylvester : > 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 > Hah, sorry for the vicious reply from me. Don't take it personally, I just snapped this time at reading what looked like a dupe >< I promise I'll lay off the coffee for a bit. Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?