Bug#53564: marked as done (Install can't use NTFS partitions)

[Ross Boylan <RossBoylan@stanfordalumni.org>]

I have no idea what the procedure would be for loading the drivers from
floppy.
Specifically I don't know what driver one would put on the floppy, and I
don't know how one would use that floppy either (that is, where in the
usual install to break in and get this thing loaded).

I offer this info for several reasons
1) I'm a little curious how one would do this (or more generally, make an
intervention early in the install process).
2) The fact that I don't know this may indicate that others wouldn't either.
3) Remember that the people with the greatest interest in this would likely
not have access to a debian system and would not be all that familiar with it.

I do NOT have a desperate personal need for this info, and do NOT think
this is a reason to keep the bug open.
However, it would be nice to document that NTFS is not accessible in the
early stages.  I know--file a wishlist item :)

At 10:10 AM 1/3/00 -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
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>>Just to be clear, I was trying to use NTFS partitions at the very early
>>stage of pointing at base2_2.tgz (also the drivers file).  So this was
>>before I had the opportunity to load the NTFS module.
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>Yes, well, what users have to do in this case is load drivers disks
>from floppy and then configure the NTFS filesystem.
>
>>I did that later, and was able to see the paritions then.
>>I copied the files to a FAT partition and all went well.
>>Now if it's easy, it would be nice to add NTFS support to the initial
>>install stuff, for all those who have only NTFS on their machine....
>
>I don't know.  File a wishlist bug against kernel-image-2.2.13 if you
>feel strongly about it.
>
>I personally think loading drivers from floppy first is not too bad a
>workaround for the rare case of people installing materials off NTFS.
>
>>P.S. MS has a knowledge base article on how to remove Linux from your
>>system.  Perhaps we could return the favor!
>
>Heh.
>
>.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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