Re: How to use mkntfs, I get "not a block device"

2015-02-20 Thread Perry Hutchison
"O'Connor, Daniel" wrote: > > On 3 Feb 2015, at 22:59, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > I can't format a partition for NTFS with fusefs-ntfs port, using mkntfs. ... > > root@amelia:~ # mkntfs /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 > > /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 is not a block device. > > Refusing to make a filesystem here! > > T

Re: How to use mkntfs, I get "not a block device"

2015-02-05 Thread Kevin Oberman
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 1:39 PM, O'Connor, Daniel wrote: > > > On 6 Feb 2015, at 06:03, Thomas Mueller > wrote: > > > > In running > > mkntfs -F /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 > > > > I got (do I need to be concerned?) > > > > root@amelia:/usr/ports # mkntfs -F /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 > > /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 is

Re: How to use mkntfs, I get "not a block device"

2015-02-05 Thread O'Connor, Daniel
> On 6 Feb 2015, at 06:03, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > In running > mkntfs -F /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 > > I got (do I need to be concerned?) > > root@amelia:/usr/ports # mkntfs -F /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 > /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 is not a block device. > mkntfs forced anyway. > The partition start sector w

Re: How to use mkntfs, I get "not a block device"

2015-02-05 Thread Thomas Mueller
In running mkntfs -F /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 I got (do I need to be concerned?) root@amelia:/usr/ports # mkntfs -F /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 is not a block device. mkntfs forced anyway. The partition start sector was not specified for /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 and it could not be obtained a

Re: How to use mkntfs, I get "not a block device"

2015-02-05 Thread Thomas Mueller
> > On 4 Feb 2015, at 20:28, Thomas Mueller wrote: > >> The port should really patch this out (IMO) - it doesn't make sense on > >> FreeBSD since it doesn't _have_ block devices. > >> If you pass it the -F flag it should let your format the disk. >> > > Should I wait for the bug fix to show in sy

Re: How to use mkntfs, I get "not a block device"

2015-02-04 Thread O'Connor, Daniel
> On 4 Feb 2015, at 20:28, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> The port should really patch this out (IMO) - it doesn't make sense on >> FreeBSD since it doesn't _have_ block devices. >> If you pass it the -F flag it should let your format the disk. >> > Should I wait for the bug fix to show in sysutils/f

Re: How to use mkntfs, I get "not a block device"

2015-02-04 Thread Thomas Mueller
> On 4 Feb 2015, at 09:03, O'Connor, Daniel wrote: >> On 3 Feb 2015, at 22:59, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> I can't format a partition for NTFS with fusefs-ntfs port, using mkntfs. >> Error message is >> root@amelia:~ # mkntfs /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 >> /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 is not a block device. >> Re

Re: How to use mkntfs, I get "not a block device"

2015-02-03 Thread O'Connor, Daniel
> On 4 Feb 2015, at 09:03, O'Connor, Daniel wrote: >> On 3 Feb 2015, at 22:59, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> >> I can't format a partition for NTFS with fusefs-ntfs port, using mkntfs. >> >> Error message is >> >> root@amelia:~ # mkntfs /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 >>

Re: How to use mkntfs, I get "not a block device"

2015-02-03 Thread O'Connor, Daniel
> On 3 Feb 2015, at 22:59, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > I can't format a partition for NTFS with fusefs-ntfs port, using mkntfs. > > Error message is > > root@amelia:~ # mkntfs /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 > > /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 is not a block device.

How to use mkntfs, I get "not a block device"

2015-02-03 Thread Thomas Mueller
I can't format a partition for NTFS with fusefs-ntfs port, using mkntfs. Error message is root@amelia:~ # mkntfs /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 /dev/gpt/SeaExp1-03 is not a block device. Refusing to make a filesystem here! This