Bug#778614: D-I: Unable to load firmware from NTFS formated usb stick
On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:13:30 +0000
Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> Control: severity -1 wishlist
>
> On Tue, 2015-02-17 at 16:55 +0300, Andrey Tataranovich wrote:
> > Package: debian-installer
> > Version: 8.0 beta
> > Severity: important
> > Tags: d-i
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > A few days ago I tried to install Debian Jessie using "Debian
> > GNU/Linux testing "Jessie" - Official Snapshot amd64 NETINST
> > Binary-1 20150209-06:32" disk.
> >
> > Network card require non-free firmware to work (d-i unable to
> > detect network hardware without it) so I inserted NTFS formated usb
> > stick with needed firmware (/firmware). But seems NTFS is not
> > supported so I was unable to proceed.
> >
> > Why not to add support for NTFS for loading missing firmware? As I
> > know kernel already have support for reading NTFS volumes.
>
> NTFS is special because it is not a user-space filesystem.
>
> And Windows does not allow formatting removable drives as NTFS, so
> this is not a normal filesystem to use on removable drives. Reducing
> the severity accordingly.
>
> Ben.
>
Ben, Windows 7 (and maybe never versions) allow to format usb stick to
NTFS: http://gyazo.com/fd4cb1b46667dabdbdd3a2fcdb59d2c3
so I believe we need to support NTFS for loading missing firmware.
--
WBR, Andrey Tataranovich
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