Adding support for ntfs as binary filesystem when using syslinux.

functions/defaults.sh

@@ -1281,10 +1281,10 @@ Check_defaults ()
 	then
 		# syslinux + fat
 		case "${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM}" in
-			fat*)
+			fat*|ntfs)
 				;;
 			*)
-				Echo_warning "You have selected values of LB_BOOTLOADER and LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM which are incompatible - syslinux only supports FAT filesystems."
+				Echo_warning "You have selected values of LB_BOOTLOADER and LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM which are incompatible - syslinux only supports FAT and NTFS filesystems."
 				;;
 		esac
 	fi

scripts/build/lb_binary_debian-installer

@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ EOF
 	case "${LB_BINARY_IMAGES}" in
 		hdd)
 			case "${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM}" in
-				fat*)
+				fat*|ntfs)
 					# Creating dist directories
 					for DISTRIBUTION in ${DISTRIBUTIONS}
 					do

scripts/build/lb_binary_hdd

@@ -44,7 +44,24 @@ Check_lockfile .lock
 Create_lockfile .lock
 
 # Checking depends
-Check_package chroot/sbin/mkdosfs dosfstools
+case "${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM}" in
+	fat*)
+		Check_package chroot/sbin/mkdosfs dosfstools
+		;;
+
+	ntfs)
+		case "${LB_DISTRIBUTION}" in
+			squeeze)
+				Check_package chroot/sbin/mkfs.ntfs ntfsprogs
+				;;
+
+			*)
+				Check_package chroot/sbin/mkfs.nfts ntfs-3g
+				;;
+		esac
+		;;
+esac
+
 Check_package chroot/usr/share/doc/mtools mtools
 Check_package chroot/sbin/parted parted
 
@@ -102,6 +119,15 @@ then
 	export LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM
 fi
 
+# Enforce ntfs if we find individual files bigger than 4GB
+if [ "${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM}" = "fat32" ] && [ -n "$(find binary -size +3999M)" ]
+then
+	Echo_warning "FAT32 doesn't support files larger than 4GB, automatically enforcing NTFS."
+
+	LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM="ntfs"
+	export LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM
+fi
+
 # Everything which comes here needs to be cleaned up,
 DU_DIM="$(du -ms binary | cut -f1)"
 REAL_DIM="$(Calculate_partition_size ${DU_DIM} ${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM})"
@@ -136,6 +162,10 @@ case "${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM}" in
 		PARTITION_TYPE="${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM}"
 		;;
 
+	ntfs)
+		PARTITION_TYPE="NTFS"
+		;;
+
 	*)
 		Echo_error "Unsupported binary filesystem %s" "${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM}"
 		exit 1
@@ -184,6 +214,11 @@ case "${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM}" in
 		MKFS="vfat"
 		MKFS_OPTIONS="-F 32 -n ${LB_HDD_LABEL}"
 		;;
+
+	ntfs)
+		MKFS="ntfs"
+		MKFS_OPTIONS="-L ${LB_HDD_LABEL}"
+		;;
 esac
 
 case "${LB_BUILD_WITH_CHROOT}" in

scripts/build/lb_config

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ USAGE="${PROGRAM}   [--apt apt|aptitude]\n\
 \t    [--apt-source-archives true|false]\n\
 \t    [-a|--architectures ARCHITECTURE]\n\
 \t    [-b|--binary-images iso|iso-hybrid|netboot|tar|hdd]\n\
-\t    [--binary-filesystem fat16|fat32|ext2|ext3|ext4]\n\
+\t    [--binary-filesystem fat16|fat32|ext2|ext3|ext4|ntfs]\n\
 \t    [--bootappend-install PARAMETER|\"PARAMETERS\"]\n\
 \t    [--bootappend-live PARAMETER|\"PARAMETERS\"]\n\
 \t    [--bootappend-failsafe PARAMETER|\"PARAMETERS\"]\n\

scripts/build/lb_source_debian

@@ -55,13 +55,30 @@ Chroot chroot "dpkg --get-selections" | awk '{ print $1 }' > source-selection.tx
 cat >> source-selection.txt << EOF
 ${LB_BOOTLOADER}
 live-build
-dosfstools
 genisoimage
 parted
 squashfs-tools
 mtd-tools
 EOF
 
+case "${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM}" in
+	fat*)
+		echo "dosfstools" >> source-selection.txt
+		;;
+
+	ntfs)
+		case "${LB_DISTRIBUTION}" in
+			squeeze)
+				echo "ntfsprogs" >> source-selection.txt
+				;;
+
+			*)
+				echo "ntfs-3g" >> source-selection.txt
+				;;
+		esac
+		;;
+esac
+
 case "${LB_ARCHITECTURES}" in
 	amd64|i386)
 

scripts/build/lb_source_hdd

@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ case "${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM}" in
 		PARTITION_TYPE="${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM}"
 		;;
 
+	ntfs)
+		PARTITION_TYPE="NTFS"
+		;;
+
 	*)
 		Echo_error "Unsupported binary filesystem %s" "${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM}"
 		exit 1
@@ -112,6 +116,11 @@ case "${LB_BINARY_FILESYSTEM}" in
 		MKFS="vfat"
 		MKFS_OPTIONS="-F 32 -n ${LB_HDD_LABEL}"
 		;;
+
+	ntfs)
+		MKFS="ntfs"
+		MKFS_OPTIONS="-L ${LB_HDD_LABEL}"
+		;;
 esac
 
 Chroot chroot "mkfs.${MKFS} ${MKFS_OPTIONS} ${FREELO}"