[Bug 1784978] [NEW] Cannot create ntfs file system on 5TB drive

[Robert Pearson]

Public bug reported:

When I try to create a NTFS file system on a 5TB external USB drive
Control Center->Disks gets an error.

When I try with gParted it gets an error to the mkntfs -Q -v -F -L ''
'/dev/sdd1' command - Error in argument "-Q"

When I open a terminal window and use sudo mkntfs -v:5TB1 -F -L
'/dev/sdd1' command - Error in argument: "-F"

When I try robert at robert-ASUS-A88XM-A:~/Desktop$ sudo mkntfs -v:5TB1 -f -L '/dev/sdd1'
WARNING, ALL DATA ON DEVICE "/dev/sdd1"(4657.53 Gb) WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (y/n)?y
Formatting Volume /dev/sdd1...
Creating file system structures.
Creating $UpCase for use in Windows NT/2000/XP
Creating $Bitmap (149041 kBytes)
NTFS format complete.
Serial number         5C440385-4403615E.
Bytes per sector      4K.
Bytes per cluster     4K.
Bytes per MFT segment 4K.
4657.53 GB total disk space.
4656.88 GB available.

robert at robert-ASUS-A88XM-A:~/Desktop$

It seems to work, but mounting the partition is iffy.

Is the reason that Control Center->Disks and gParted do not work is that
I have Paragon Software HFS+ and NTFS for Linux and hfsplus installed?
Do I need to remove them? As a last resort I can always format as ext4,
but then Windows will no be able to read the external drive.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: gparted 0.30.0-3ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: ufsd
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug  1 22:35:37 2018
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/gpartedbin
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-06 (27 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gparted
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: gparted (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic

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Title:
  Cannot create ntfs file system on 5TB drive

Status in gparted package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When I try to create a NTFS file system on a 5TB external USB drive
  Control Center->Disks gets an error.

  When I try with gParted it gets an error to the mkntfs -Q -v -F -L ''
  '/dev/sdd1' command - Error in argument "-Q"

  When I open a terminal window and use sudo mkntfs -v:5TB1 -F -L
  '/dev/sdd1' command - Error in argument: "-F"

  When I try robert at robert-ASUS-A88XM-A:~/Desktop$ sudo mkntfs -v:5TB1 -f -L '/dev/sdd1'
  WARNING, ALL DATA ON DEVICE "/dev/sdd1"(4657.53 Gb) WILL BE LOST!
  Proceed with Format (y/n)?y
  Formatting Volume /dev/sdd1...
  Creating file system structures.
  Creating $UpCase for use in Windows NT/2000/XP
  Creating $Bitmap (149041 kBytes)
  NTFS format complete.
  Serial number         5C440385-4403615E.
  Bytes per sector      4K.
  Bytes per cluster     4K.
  Bytes per MFT segment 4K.
  4657.53 GB total disk space.
  4656.88 GB available.

  robert at robert-ASUS-A88XM-A:~/Desktop$

  It seems to work, but mounting the partition is iffy.

  Is the reason that Control Center->Disks and gParted do not work is
  that I have Paragon Software HFS+ and NTFS for Linux and hfsplus
  installed? Do I need to remove them? As a last resort I can always
  format as ext4, but then Windows will no be able to read the external
  drive.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: gparted 0.30.0-3ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: ufsd
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Aug  1 22:35:37 2018
  ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/gpartedbin
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-06 (27 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gparted
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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