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[archiso] Document NTFS support (since syslinux 4.06)

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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>
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@ -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" Just ensure that partition is set with attribute "2: legacy BIOS bootable"
and use gptmbr.bin instead of mbr.bin for syslinux. 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) 1) Create one partition entry in MBR and mark it as "active" (booteable).
and mark it as "active" (bootable). Note: Type "b" for FAT32, "83" for EXTFS or "7" for NTFS.
# fdisk <DEV-TARGET> # 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.vfat -F 32 -n <FS-LABEL> <DEV-TARGET-N>
# mkfs.ext4 -L <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. 3) Mount target filesystem.
# mount <DEV-TARGET-N> <MNT-TARGET-N> # mount <DEV-TARGET-N> <MNT-TARGET-N>