9.5
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- System requirements
- Installation
- Using The Driver
- Mount options
- Additional Utilities
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting processes
- Mount troubleshooting
- The install.sh script can’t find kernel sources
- Can’t compile the NTFS/HFS+ for Linux driver
- “Can’t load module” message at the end of installation
- ufsd module: kernel-module version mismatch
- ufsd module: create_module: operation is not permitted
- insmod: a module named as ufsd already exists
- insmod: Unknown symbol jnl_op (err0)
- Can’t mount NTFS/HFS+ volume
- Hardware issues
- Sysdump utility
- UFSD driver compatibility
- Frequently Asked Questions
- What are 'minor errors' reported by chkntfs utility?
- Warnings on Windows7/Vista when NTFS HDD is reconnected from Linux
- Recently changed file has its modification time a few hours ahead of or behind the current system time. Why?
- Why does mount option A make driver ignore mount option B?
- Does the driver have an optimization for avoiding data fragmentation?
- Why a lot of memory is used for volume mounting?
- Why the disk can't be dismounted?
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Synopsis
mkntfs [options] device
E.g.: ’mkntfs -f /dev/sdb1’
Options
-v:label Specify volume label.
-c Files created on the new volume will be compressed by default.
-a:size Override the default allocation unit size. Default settings are strongly
recommended for general use. NTFS supports 512, 1024, 2048, 4096,
8192, 16K, 32K, 64K. File compression is not supported for allocation
unit size above 4096.
-b:size Override the default block (sector) size. Default settings are strongly
recommended for general use. One can use 512, 1024, 2048, 4096.
-m:size Override default MFT record size. Default settings are strongly recom-
mended for general use. One can use 512, 1024, 2048, 4096.
-j:size Set journal size for Paragon journal on NTFS volume. Supported sizes:
from 1MB to 512MB. By default Paragon journal for NTFS is disabled.
-f Force the format without confirmation.
-s:start Specify “hidden” sectors in the boot area.
-g:tracks:sectors Specify disk geometry that should be written in the boot area.
tracks specifies number of tracks per disk side.
sectors specifies number of sectors per track.
The most popular geometries are:
• NORMAL: 63 sectors per track and 15(16) tracks per cylinder.
• LBA: 63 sectors per track and 255 tracks per cylinder.
Generally Windows uses the LBA geometry (-g:255:63). If -g is not
specified, the utility obtains geometry from OS.
-winxp Create NTFS compatible with Windows XP (default)
-winvista Create NTFS compatible with Windows Vista
-win7 Create NTFS compatible with Windows 7
-help Display this help
-nodiscard Do not discard volume before formatting
-trace Turn on UFSD trace
-verbose Explain what is being done
-nopercents Do not print percents during format process
-version Show the version and exit
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