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<H1>MKNTFS</H1>
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Section: Maintenance Commands (8)<BR>Updated: January 2006<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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mkntfs - create an NTFS file system
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>mkntfs</B>
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[<I>options</I>] <I>device </I>[<I>number-of-sectors</I>]
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<B>mkntfs</B>
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<B>-C</B>
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<B>-c</B>
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<I>cluster-size</I>
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<B>-F</B>
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<B>-f</B>
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<B>-H</B>
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<I>heads</I>
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]
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<B>-h</B>
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<B>-I</B>
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<B>-L</B>
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<I>volume-label</I>
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<B>-l</B>
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<B>-n</B>
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<B>-p</B>
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<I>part-start-sect</I>
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]
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<B>-Q</B>
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<B>-q</B>
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<B>-S</B>
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<I>sectors-per-track</I>
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<B>-s</B>
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<I>sector-size</I>
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<B>-T</B>
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<B>-U</B>
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<B>-V</B>
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<B>-v</B>
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<B>-z</B>
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<I>mft-zone-multiplier</I>
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<B>--debug</B>
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<I>device</I>
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<I>number-of-sectors</I>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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<B>mkntfs</B>
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is used to create an NTFS file system on a device (usually a disk partition)
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or file.
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<I>device</I>
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is the special file corresponding to the device (e.g
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<I>/dev/hdXX</I>).
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<I>number-of-sectors</I>
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is the number of sectors on the device. If omitted,
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<B>mkntfs</B>
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automagically figures the file system size.
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<A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>
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Below is a summary of all the options that
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<B>mkntfs</B>
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accepts. Nearly all options have two equivalent names. The short name is
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preceded by
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<B>-</B>
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and the long name is preceded by
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<B>--</B>.
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Any single letter options, that don't take an argument, can be combined into a
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single command, e.g.
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<B>-fv</B>
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is equivalent to
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<B>-f -v</B>.
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Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name.
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<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
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<H3>Basic options</H3>
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="1"><B>-f</B>, <B>--fast</B>, <B>-Q</B>, <B>--quick</B><DD>
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Perform quick (fast) format. This will skip both zeroing of the volume and bad
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sector checking.
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<DT id="2"><B>-L</B>, <B>--label</B> STRING<DD>
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Set the volume label for the filesystem.
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<DT id="3"><B>-C</B>, <B>--enable-compression</B><DD>
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Enable compression on the volume.
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<DT id="4"><B>-n</B>, <B>--no-action</B><DD>
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Causes
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<B>mkntfs</B>
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to not actually create a filesystem, but display what it would do if it were
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to create a filesystem. All steps of the format are carried out except the
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actual writing to the device.
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</DL>
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<A NAME="lbAG"> </A>
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<H3>Advanced options</H3>
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="5"><B>-c</B>, <B>--cluster-size</B> BYTES<DD>
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Specify the size of clusters in bytes. Valid cluster size values are powers of
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two, with at least 256, and at most 2097152 bytes (2MB) per cluster. If omitted,
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<B>mkntfs</B>
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uses 4096 bytes as the default cluster size.
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<P>
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Note that the default cluster size is set to be at least equal to the sector
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size as a cluster cannot be smaller than a sector. Also, note that values
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greater than 4096 have the side effect that compression is disabled on the
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volume (due to limitations in the NTFS compression algorithm currently in use
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by Windows).
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<DT id="6"><B>-s</B>, <B>--sector-size</B> BYTES<DD>
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Specify the size of sectors in bytes. Valid sector size values are 256, 512,
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1024, 2048 and 4096 bytes per sector. If omitted,
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<B>mkntfs</B>
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attempts to determine the
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<I>sector-size</I>
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automatically and if that fails a default of 512 bytes per sector is used.
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<DT id="7"><B>-p</B>, <B>--partition-start</B> SECTOR<DD>
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Specify the partition start sector. The maximum is 4294967295 (2^32-1). If
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omitted,
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<B>mkntfs</B>
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attempts to determine
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<I>part-start-sect</I>
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automatically and if that fails or the value is oversized, a
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default of 0 is used. The partition is usable despite a wrong value,
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however note that a correct
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<I>part-start-sect</I>
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is required for Windows to be able to boot from the created volume.
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<DT id="8"><B>-H</B>, <B>--heads</B> NUM<DD>
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Specify the number of heads. The maximum is 65535 (0xffff). If omitted,
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<B>mkntfs</B>
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attempts to determine the number of
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<I>heads</I>
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automatically and if that fails a default of 0 is used. Note that
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<I>heads</I>
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is required for Windows to be able to boot from the created volume.
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<DT id="9"><B>-S</B>, <B>--sectors-per-track</B> NUM<DD>
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Specify the number of sectors per track. The maximum is 65535 (0xffff). If
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omitted,
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<B>mkntfs</B>
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attempts to determine the number of
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<I>sectors-per-track</I>
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automatically and if that fails a default of 0 is used. Note that
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<I>sectors-per-track</I>
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is required for Windows to be able to boot from the created volume.
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<DT id="10"><B>-z</B>, <B>--mft-zone-multiplier</B> NUM<DD>
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Set the MFT zone multiplier, which determines the size of the MFT zone to use
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on the volume. The MFT zone is the area at the beginning of the volume reserved
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for the master file table (MFT), which stores the on disk inodes (MFT records).
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It is noteworthy that small files are stored entirely within the inode;
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thus, if you expect to use the volume for storing large numbers of very small
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files, it is useful to set the zone multiplier to a higher value. Note, that
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the MFT zone is resized on the fly as required during operation of the NTFS
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driver but choosing a good value will reduce fragmentation. Valid values
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are 1, 2, 3 and 4. The values have the following meaning:
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<TABLE BORDER><TR><TD><TABLE>
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<TR VALIGN=top><TD><B>MFT zone</B></TD><TD><B>MFT zone size</B><BR></TD></TR>
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<TR VALIGN=top><TD><B>multiplier</B></TD><TD><B>(% of volume size)</B><BR></TD></TR>
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<TR VALIGN=top><TD ALIGN=center>1</TD><TD>12.5% (default)<BR></TD></TR>
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<TR VALIGN=top><TD ALIGN=center>2</TD><TD>25.0%<BR></TD></TR>
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<TR VALIGN=top><TD ALIGN=center>3</TD><TD>37.5%<BR></TD></TR>
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<TR VALIGN=top><TD ALIGN=center>4</TD><TD>50.0%<BR></TD></TR>
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</TABLE></TABLE>
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<P>
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<DT id="11"><B>-T</B>, <B>--zero-time</B><DD>
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Fake the time to be 00:00:00 UTC, Jan 1, 1970 instead of the current system
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time. This is only really useful for debugging purposes.
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<DT id="12"><B>-U</B>, <B>--with-uuid</B><DD>
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Generate a random volume UUID.
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<DT id="13"><B>-I</B>, <B>--no-indexing</B><DD>
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Disable content indexing on the volume. (This is only meaningful on
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Windows 2000 and later. Windows NT 4.0 and earlier ignore this as they do
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not implement content indexing at all.)
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<DT id="14"><B>-F</B>, <B>--force</B><DD>
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Force
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<B>mkntfs</B>
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to run, even if the specified
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<I>device</I>
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is not a block special device, or appears to be mounted.
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</DL>
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<A NAME="lbAH"> </A>
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<H3>Output options</H3>
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="15"><B>-q</B>, <B>--quiet</B><DD>
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Quiet execution; only errors are written to stderr, no output to stdout
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occurs at all. Useful if
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<B>mkntfs</B>
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is run in a script.
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<DT id="16"><B>-v</B>, <B>--verbose</B><DD>
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Verbose execution.
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<DT id="17"><B>--debug</B><DD>
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Really verbose execution; includes the verbose output from the
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<B>-v</B>
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option as well as additional output useful for debugging
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<B>mkntfs.</B>
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</DL>
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<A NAME="lbAI"> </A>
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<H3>Help options</H3>
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="18"><B>-V</B>, <B>--version</B><DD>
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Print the version number of
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<B>mkntfs</B>
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and exit.
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<DT id="19"><B>-l</B>, <B>--license</B><DD>
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Print the licensing information of
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<B>mkntfs</B>
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and exit.
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<DT id="20"><B>-h</B>, <B>--help</B><DD>
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Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.
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</DL>
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<H2>KNOWN ISSUES</H2>
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When applying chkdsk to a file system, it sometimes throws a warning
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"Correcting errors in the uppercase file." The uppercase file is created
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while formatting and it defines the mapping of lower case characters to
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upper case ones, as needed to sort file names in directories. The warning
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means that the uppercase file defined on the file system is not the same as
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the one used by the Windows OS on which chkdsk is running, and this may
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happen because newer versions of Windows take into account new characters
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defined by the Unicode consortium.
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<P>
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Currently, mkntfs creates the uppercase table so that no warning is thrown
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by Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8. A warning may be thrown by
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other Windows versions, or if chkdsk is applied in succession on different
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Windows versions.
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<A NAME="lbAK"> </A>
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<H2>BUGS</H2>
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If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to the
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development team:
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<BR>
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<A HREF="mailto:ntfs-3g-devel@lists.sf.net">ntfs-3g-devel@lists.sf.net</A>
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<H2>AUTHORS</H2>
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<B>mkntfs</B>
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was written by Anton Altaparmakov, Richard Russon, Erik Sornes and Szabolcs Szakacsits.
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It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson and Jean-Pierre Andre.
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<A NAME="lbAM"> </A>
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<H2>AVAILABILITY</H2>
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<B>mkntfs</B>
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is part of the
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<B>ntfs-3g</B>
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package and is available from:
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<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.tuxera.com/community/">http://www.tuxera.com/community/</A>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+badblocks">badblocks</A></B>(8),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+ntfsprogs">ntfsprogs</A></B>(8)
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<P>
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<HR>
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DT id="21"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT id="22"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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<DT id="23"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT id="24"><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
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<DL>
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<DT id="25"><A HREF="#lbAF">Basic options</A><DD>
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<DT id="26"><A HREF="#lbAG">Advanced options</A><DD>
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<DT id="27"><A HREF="#lbAH">Output options</A><DD>
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<DT id="28"><A HREF="#lbAI">Help options</A><DD>
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</DL>
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<DT id="29"><A HREF="#lbAJ">KNOWN ISSUES</A><DD>
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<DT id="30"><A HREF="#lbAK">BUGS</A><DD>
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<DT id="31"><A HREF="#lbAL">AUTHORS</A><DD>
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<DT id="32"><A HREF="#lbAM">AVAILABILITY</A><DD>
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<DT id="33"><A HREF="#lbAN">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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