qtparted, no ntfs support it says

hedpe · 01-04-2006, 03:00 AM

I used QTParted on Knoppix to resize a NTFS partition once, however when I try now on my own computer after emerging qtparted and ntfsprogs, i get:

Code:

monster hedpe # qtparted
No Implementation: Support for opening ntfs file systems is not implemented yet.

why is it telling me there is no support?

mjjzf · 01-04-2006, 07:07 AM

It is either different versions, or you haven't compiled support for NTFS operations into the kernel?

hedpe · 01-04-2006, 12:17 PM

i have ntfs support built into the kernel

i can successfully mount and read an NTFS partition

i have ntfsprogs

Code:

monster linux # echo $PATH
/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
monster linux # which ntfsresize
/usr/sbin/ntfsresize
monster linux # which mkntfs
/usr/sbin/mkntfs

mjjzf · 01-05-2006, 02:00 AM

Yes, but I believe that NTFS write access is separate from read access in the kernel. Anyone remember?
BTW, which distribution are you using?

scuzzman · 01-05-2006, 07:08 AM

I'm assumimg Gentoo because he emerged ntfsprogs and qtparted. Are you able to resize using ntfs-resize?

igu · 01-05-2006, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hedpe

I used QTParted on Knoppix to resize a NTFS partition once, however when I try now on my own computer after emerging qtparted and ntfsprogs, i get:

Code:

monster hedpe # qtparted
No Implementation: Support for opening ntfs file systems is not implemented yet.

why is it telling me there is no support?

Because Parted doesn't support NTFS, only QTParted does via the ntfsprogs package (and not the NTFS kernel driver). The above message is bogus, irrelevant and useless. Just report it to the developer and ignore it.

igu · 01-05-2006, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OSourceDiplomat

It is either different versions, or you haven't compiled support for NTFS operations into the kernel?

None of them. QTParted doesn't need NTFS kernel support at all. The message is from Parted but it's irrelevant because Parted indeed doesn't have NTFS support. Qtparted uses only ntfsprogs to deal with NTFS.

If hedpe has a problem with partitioning then that is due to some other problem (e.g. partitions are mounted).

hedpe · 01-09-2006, 01:45 AM

i could not seem to get qtparted to work for me, so i used "ntfsresize" and things resized perfectly without breaking