Format a ReiserFS disk to NTFS via unRAID

[cirkator]

Hi there

 

I am trying to reformat my Cache Disk (currently ReiserFS) to NTFS.

 

I installed the NTFS-3g drivers via UnMenu.

 

I stopped the array, excluded the Cache disk from the array and followed this guide: http://comtech247.net/2012/07/04/how-to-format-a-hard-drive-on-ubuntu-12-04-using-fdisk/

 

 

Everything is working fine, until i enter "mkfs ntfs -t /dev/sdg" (I tried it aswell with /dev/sdg1).

I then get the following error: mkfs.ntfs: No such file or directory

 

When I try: "mkfs ntfs /dev/sdg1" (aswell tried with /dev/sdg)

I get this error: mke2fs 1.41.11 (14-Mar-2010)

                        mkfs.ext2: invalid blocks count - /dev/sdg1

 

When i try: " mkfs.ntfs -f /dev/sdg1"

I get this error: -bash: mkfs.ntfs: command not found

 

 

Is it even possible to format in unRAID to NTFS?

Cheers

 

 

Fdisk shows this info on my drive:

root@XXXXXXX:/boot/unmenu# fdisk -l /dev/sdg

Disk /dev/sdg: 400.1 GB, 400088457216 bytes
1 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12403536 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 63 * 512 = 32256 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdg1               2    12403536   390711352+  83  Linux

[Joe L.]

probably not possible without installing additional software, as you've discovered, unRAID does not have the program to format a partition as NTFS.

 

I have no idea what you would need to install, but mkfs.ntfs would be the first thing I'd try installing.

Look for a pre-compiled slackware package for it.

[starcat]

Hi there,

 

does anyone have mkfs.ntfs precompiled for unRAID and can post it? I am on 5.0.6 unRAID. Thanks.

 

[trurl]

Hi there,

 

does anyone have mkfs.ntfs precompiled for unRAID and can post it? I am on 5.0.6 unRAID. Thanks.

Why do you want to do this on unRAID? Just put it in a Windows machine and do it there.

[starcat]

I have an empty disk in an unRAID server on a remote location at the moment and need to start a copy job :-)

The target machine doesn't read reiserFS and I can't format to NTFS :-(

[gfjardim]

Hi there,

 

does anyone have mkfs.ntfs precompiled for unRAID and can post it? I am on 5.0.6 unRAID. Thanks.

 

http://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/ntfs-3g-2015.3.14-i486-1.txz