format to ntfs under linux

7mza · 05-16-2009, 08:36 PM

hi ,im using f10 and want to format my partition sda7 to ntfs using linux so how can i do it ?

[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2ae62ae5

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 9206 73947104 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 18247 19457 9724928 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3 9207 11756 20482875 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 11757 18246 52130925 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 11757 16600 38909398+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 16601 17237 5116671 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 17238 18246 8104761 83 Linux

jay73 · 05-16-2009, 08:53 PM

mkntfs /dev/xxx
See man mkntfs for details.

Bear in mind that NTFS is a proprietary format and that at any time windows may spit out an NTFS partition it did not create. I created an NTFS partition from Linux only once and I did not run into any problems, though. Just stating the obvious in case things do get messy some day.

malekmustaq · 05-16-2009, 09:32 PM

7mza:

I have tried format a partition into ntfs using my gparted in Gnome and it worked until now. I have also formatted another using the installer of Slackware and it is doing good til now.

You can do the same.

onebuck · 05-16-2009, 10:14 PM

Hi,

I would suggest that you look at the options for 'man mkntfs'.

Quote:

excerpt 'man mkntfs';
mkntfs - create an NTFS file system

SYNOPSIS
mkntfs [options] device [number-of-sectors]

mkntfs [ -C ] [ -c cluster-size ] [ -F ] [ -f ] [ -H heads ] [ -h ] [
-I ] [ -L volume-label ] [ -l ] [ -n ] [ -p part-start-sect ] [ -Q ] [
-q ] [ -S sectors-per-track ] [ -s sector-size ] [ -T ] [ -V ] [ -v ] [
-z mft-zone-multiplier ] [ --debug ] device [ number-of-sectors ]

DESCRIPTION
mkntfs is used to create an NTFS file system on a device (usually a
disk partition) or file. device is the special file corresponding to
the device (e.g /dev/hdXX). number-of-sectors is the number of blocks
on the device. If omitted, mkntfs automagically figures the file sys-
tem size.