Name-error when formatting NTFS on OS X 10.8.4 using "diskutil" (Terminal)
I have a 2011 Macbook Pro 13 inch - OS X 10.8.4 (Mountain Lion), which i upgraded with a SSD. I installed the original HDD as second drive instead of the optical. I need to change the filesystem for volume (disk1s4) from HFS+ to NTFS. Paragon NTFS 10.0.2 driver is installed and activated. I just keep getting an error saying that the name is not a valid volume name for that file system. BTW: I also tried with Tuxera NTFS before installing Paragon.
Here is the Terminal log:
******-Mac:~ ******$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 59F163EA-4746-4D9D-B625-B6F5211CE7D1
=========================================================
Name: FUSIONDRIVE
Status: Online
Size: 457289637888 B (457.3 GB)
Free Space: 0 B (0 B)
|
+-< Physical Volume C6F57ECC-A2F1-4D49-90D5-0F42AD176F15
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk1s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 83289645056 B (83.3 GB)
|
+-< Physical Volume 89F3AF10-FBCD-4E87-88B2-D202D79C54DF
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 1
| Disk: disk0s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 373999992832 B (374.0 GB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family 456C6A33-EB2B-468E-9987-4678B4AEC72A
----------------------------------------------------------
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Encryption Type: None
Conversion Status: NoConversion
Conversion Direction: -none-
Has Encrypted Extents: No
Fully Secure: No
Passphrase Required: No
|
+-> Logical Volume C608A444-A777-462C-8935-E4613B5CBE05
---------------------------------------------------
Disk: disk2
Status: Online
Size (Total): 454804242432 B (454.8 GB)
Size (Converted): -none-
Revertible: No
LV Name: CSVolume
Volume Name: CSVolume
Content Hint: Apple_HFS
******-Mac:~ ******$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 374.0 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 650.0 MB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data bootcamp 125.2 GB disk0s4
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *128.0 GB disk1
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 83.3 GB disk1s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk1s3
4: Apple_HFS Win7 boot 44.3 GB disk1s4
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS CSVolume *454.8 GB disk2
******s-Mac:~ ******$ diskutil eraseVolume UFSD_NTFS "windows" disk1s4
windows does not appear to be a valid volume name for its file system
******-Mac:~ ******$ diskutil eraseVolume NTFS "windows" disk1s4
Formatting is not supported by: NTFS ntfs Windows NT File System (NTFS)
******-Mac:~ ******$
EDIT:
Just to be clear. This is the volume i would like to format:
4: Apple_HFS Win7 boot 44.3 GB disk1s4
EDIT 2:
I think I found a workaround-solution by searching google. In a thread (answer #3) in the tonymacx86 forum I found this line diskutil eraseVolume fat32 WINROOT /Volumes/WINROOT. I changed it to diskutil eraseVolume fat32 WIN7 disk1s4. It is now formatted as FAT32, which i think can be changed using the Windows 7 install disk.
Now it looks like this:
******s-Mac:~ ******$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 374.0 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 650.0 MB disk0s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data bootcamp 125.2 GB disk0s4
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *128.0 GB disk1
1: EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 83.3 GB disk1s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk1s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data WIN7 44.3 GB disk1s4
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS CSVolume *454.8 GB disk2
******s-Mac:~ ******$
This is not possible using stock OS X since even on a normal drive (and not getting into any core storage considerations), diskutil does not support the UFSD_NTFS and NTFS formats:
Mac:~ bmike$ diskutil listFilesystems
Formattable file systems
These file system personalities can be used for erasing and partitioning.
When specifying a personality as a parameter to a verb, case is not considered.
Certain common aliases (also case-insensitive) are listed below as well.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PERSONALITY USER VISIBLE NAME
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ExFAT ExFAT
Free Space Free Space
(or) free
MS-DOS MS-DOS (FAT)
MS-DOS FAT12 MS-DOS (FAT12)
MS-DOS FAT16 MS-DOS (FAT16)
MS-DOS FAT32 MS-DOS (FAT32)
(or) fat32
HFS+ Mac OS Extended
Case-sensitive HFS+ Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive)
(or) hfsx
Case-sensitive Journaled HFS+ Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)
(or) jhfsx
Journaled HFS+ Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
(or) jhfs+
You would need to use a tool other than diskutil to perform the formatting, but the Apple tools will respect and leave alone these volumes or make space for them by leaving free space or a FAT/ExFAT partition that you could then erase and leave NTFS data on the drive. Additionally, the Paragon pre-sales FAQ for 10.0.2 doesn't mention either Fustion Drive or Core Storage, so I would assume they don't support this. Have you asked them if core storage is supported?