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Bug#778614: D-I: Unable to load firmware from NTFS formated usb stick



On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 02:13:30PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 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.

Of course it allows that.  In fact it won't allow you to use FAT32 for
anything bigger than 32GB, so lots of external drives are NTFS because
you have no other choice.

-- 
Len Sorensen


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