On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Jeff Sadowski <[email protected]> wrote: > I was wondering why only ntfs-3g method of mounting ntfs partitions is > all that is supported? > > If the ntfs kernel module was build then it would be all that should > be needed to boot from an ntfs partition.
We don't enable it because it isn't a robust driver and ntfs-3g provides better support. There may also be legal issues but if there are I'm completely unaware of them. It has been disabled in Fedora for a very very long time. > You could use the read only during the boot up procedure and remount > it with ntfs-3g when booted. Your question is kind of confusing. Why would you have an ntfs partition with the contents of a linux root filesystem on it? Virtually all uses of ntfs I have seen are for a common data partition, not an actual system partition. Also, I don't think you can switch the underlying driver of the root device out like that. I'm also not sure if you can use a FUSE device for the root mount point but if you can then you can just include ntfs-3g in the initramfs and use that from the start anyway. josh _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel
