On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:00:37 +0200 > 1126 <mailingli...@elfsechsundzwanzig.de> wrote: > >> Hello! >> >> On Fri, 13. Apr 17:34, Florian Philipp wrote: >> > Am 13.04.2012 17:18, schrieb 1126: >> > > Hello List! >> > > >> > > I just wanted to format my external hdd with ntfs, but I >> > > couldn't. "mkfs.ntfs" is not found, and that's because ntfsprogs >> > > is not installed. And I can't install ntfsprogs, because they >> > > seem to have disappeared. When I do a "emerge --search ntfs", >> > > only ntfs-3g is found. When I search the >> > > "packages.gentoo.org"-website, it finds an entry at >> > > sys-fs/ntfsprogs, but I can't open the website. >> > > >> > > What's going on there? ;) >> > > >> > > Thanks in advance and a fine weekend! >> > > >> > > Christian. >> > > >> > >> > >> > sys-fs/ntfs3g has a new USE flag "ntfsprogs". That's where >> > sys-fs/ntfsprogs went. >> >> Thanks a lot! :) > > NTFS is a very complex filesystem, mostly undocumented. That ntfs-3g > works at all is a marvellous thing. > > I've always considered that formatting ntfs and doing complicated > things with it is best done in Windows. That you want NTFS at all shows > you must have Windows available somewhere, I recommend you format the > drive there rather.
I actually do the opposite. If I need to reinstall Windows, I usually format the hard drive with mkfs.ntfs from a livecd. Has worked like a charm since circa 2000. Obviously with USB drives also. Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
