On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:13:30 +0000 Ben Hutchings <b...@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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150217173137.62209cba@dragoncore.local
