Add a note that COW is not supported since ntfs.ko module is used inside initramfs. (there is no ntfs-3g inside) Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386@yahoo.com.ar> --- docs/README.transfer | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/README.transfer b/docs/README.transfer index 83a7572..d01259b 100644 --- a/docs/README.transfer +++ b/docs/README.transfer @@ -68,13 +68,15 @@ Note: Using here a MBR partition mode as example, but GPT should also works Just ensure that partition is set with attribute "2: legacy BIOS bootable" and use gptmbr.bin instead of mbr.bin for syslinux. -1) Create one partition entry in MBR (of type "b" for FAT32 or "83" for EXTFS) - and mark it as "active" (bootable). +1) Create one partition entry in MBR and mark it as "active" (booteable). +Note: Type "b" for FAT32, "83" for EXTFS or "7" for NTFS. # fdisk <DEV-TARGET> -2) Create a FAT32 or EXTFS filesystem on such partition and setup a label. +2) Create a FAT32, EXTFS or NTFS filesystem on such partition and setup a label. +Note: COW is not supported on NTFS. # mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n <FS-LABEL> <DEV-TARGET-N> # mkfs.ext4 -L <FS-LABEL> <DEV-TARGET-N> +# mkfs.ntfs -L <FS-LABEL> <DEV-TARGET-N> 3) Mount target filesystem. # mount <DEV-TARGET-N> <MNT-TARGET-N> -- 1.8.0