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Status: New => Invalid
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gParted uses invalid -Q and -v flags from mkntfs
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Thanks Robert for answering my questions.
It does indeed appear that the proprietary software has replaced the
mkntfs command and that is the reason the partitioning fails.
Some options available to you are (A) to remove the proprietary
software, or (B) use GParted by booting from live media
Curtis Gedak,
Thank you for the response.
When I run
dpkg -l | grep ntfs-3g
ii libntfs-3g88 1:2017.3.23-2
amd64read/write NTFS driver for FUSE (runtime library)
ii ntfs-3g 1:2017.3.23-2
Jan: I agree. GParted should be and is designed to run using Free
Software[1]. This is mentioned in the GParted mission statement [2].
[1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
[2] https://gparted.org/development.php#mission-statement
If a check were to be added then in my opinion it
Robert: in bug #1784978 you mention that you use an NTFS (and HFS+)
implementation from Paragon Software. Possibly their command line tool
has different options?
Curtis: I don't think GParted can support software that we can't test,
but maybe we can add a version check to see that mkntfs (and
What version of the "ntfs-3g" package are you using?
To learn which version use the following command (with sample output):
$ dpkg -l | grep ntfs-3g
ii libntfs-3g88 1:2017.3.23-2
amd64read/write NTFS driver for FUSE (runtime library)
