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[syslinux] NTFS support?

Gert Hulselmans hulselmansgert at gmail.com
Tue Dec 25 04:08:28 PST 2012 
You need to use the extlinux installer.

extinux -i /media/ntfsfilesystem

- Gert

2012/12/25 Steven Shiau <steven at nchc.org.tw>:
> I noticed that in the change log for syslinux 4.0.6, it mentioned:
>         * Support for NTFS, by Paulo Alcantara.
>
> However, I can not find doc about this. Does this mean we can put syslinux
> on NTFS partition? I tested it by running the command for the NTFS partition
> (/dev/sda1).
> However, it gave me this error:
> root at debian:~# syslinux -f -i /dev/sda1
> No directory slots
> syslinux: failed to create ldlinux.sys
>
> Anyone has idea about this?
> Thanks.
>
> Steven.
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