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On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:00:37 +0200 |
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1126 <mailinglists@××××××××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> Hello! |
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> On Fri, 13. Apr 17:34, Florian Philipp wrote: |
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> > Am 13.04.2012 17:18, schrieb 1126: |
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> > > Hello List! |
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> > > |
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> > > I just wanted to format my external hdd with ntfs, but I |
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> > > couldn't. "mkfs.ntfs" is not found, and that's because ntfsprogs |
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> > > is not installed. And I can't install ntfsprogs, because they |
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> > > seem to have disappeared. When I do a "emerge --search ntfs", |
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> > > only ntfs-3g is found. When I search the |
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> > > "packages.gentoo.org"-website, it finds an entry at |
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> > > sys-fs/ntfsprogs, but I can't open the website. |
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> > > |
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> > > What's going on there? ;) |
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> > > |
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> > > Thanks in advance and a fine weekend! |
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> > > |
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> > > Christian. |
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> > > |
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> > |
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> > |
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> > sys-fs/ntfs3g has a new USE flag "ntfsprogs". That's where |
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> > sys-fs/ntfsprogs went. |
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> |
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> Thanks a lot! :) |
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NTFS is a very complex filesystem, mostly undocumented. That ntfs-3g |
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works at all is a marvellous thing. |
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I've always considered that formatting ntfs and doing complicated |
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things with it is best done in Windows. That you want NTFS at all shows |
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you must have Windows available somewhere, I recommend you format the |
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drive there rather. |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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