On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Jeff Sadowski <jeff.sadowski(a)gmail.com> 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