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Topic: Suggest include extra part of ntfstools in livecd build

The ntfstools package includes some extra tools (eg ntfstruncate) that are not in the default build, but may be useful to some GParted livecd users.

Quotes from ntfstools forum:-

>> I want to remove the bad cluster from my NTFS drive.
>> I know the procedure but I can not find a DISTRO that has both
>> the ntfsinfo and the ntfstruncate feature.
>> Does anyone know where I can download one?

>> Distros do not ship ntfstruncate because it is in extra program set.
>> You need to build it yourself from source. Just download sources,
>> then "./configure && make extra".

I have the same problem, and think it would sensible for the GParted CD to include the extra tools part of the ntfstools package. People who don't need them can ignore them.

2 Reply by stevenshiau

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Re: Suggest include extra part of ntfstools in livecd build

Arg,
Do you have any idea why all the GNU/Linux distribution does not turn on this ? Even linux-ntfs project does not turn on the option by default.