Hi all. I'm trying to format an USB key with mkntfs (I tried with 1.13.1_5 and 2.0.0). Whatever I do, it never works.
Some of results I got: (with 2.0.0) ~# mkntfs -F -p 63 -H 255 -S 63 /dev/da0s1 /dev/da0s1 is not a block device. mkntfs forced anyway. Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes. Initializing device with zeroes: 99%Failed to complete writing to /dev/da0s1 after three retries. This should not happen. ~#mkntfs -f -F -p 63 -H 255 -S 63 /dev/da0s1/dev/da0s1 is not a block device. mkntfs forced anyway. Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes. Creating NTFS volume structures. ^C ~# the only difference I noticed between 1.13.1_5 and 2.0.0 is that cluster size is automaticaly set to 2048 instead of 4096. when I tried fast format (-f), mkntfs print 'Creating NTFS volume', then I wait for 40 minutes, before killing the process (1 minute is already too long, for a 2G USB stick...). during a fast format (with both versions), a truss -p `ps ax | awk '/[m]kntfs /{print $1}'` gives me preadv(0x3,0x28229800,0x1,0x76a40000,0x0,0x2808a600) = 26112 (0x6600) preadv(0x3,0x28229800,0x1,0x76a40000,0x0,0x2808a600) = 26112 (0x6600) preadv(0x3,0x28229800,0x1,0x76a40000,0x0,0x2808a600) = 26112 (0x6600) preadv(0x3,0x28229800,0x1,0x76a40000,0x0,0x2808a600) = 26112 (0x6600) preadv(0x3,0x28229800,0x1,0x76a40000,0x0,0x2808a600) = 26112 (0x6600) ......... So... Is there a way to format a disk into NTFS ?! Thanks all ! Samuel Martín Moro CamTrace {EPITECH.} tek3 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"