mount ntfs volume, chinese filenames

[shyokou]

I think everyone wants to mount ntfs/vfat with NLS should consider these thing first -

1) ntfs/vfat modules supported by kernel (as those in CONFIG_*_FS);
2) NLS modules supported by kernel (as those in CONFIG_NLS_*), at least iso8859-1 and cp437 for ASCII, also utf8 for all other languages in one;

But it is totally another thing to read the NLS correctly, since it depends upon both your libc and ui compabilities -

1) locale settings supported by glibc (en_US.UTF-8 is the ultimate solution for any language, if you know that you should forget any other settings);
2) fonts supported by other packages (freettf etc might be enough, but there is few fonts claim utf8; it is better to choose a bigger one, like gb18030 for any zh_CN);
3) console and gui with proper locale/fonts settings (it depends upon your application, but the theory is the same);

Here is the minimal for a universal box -

1) has ASCII support (cp437 and iso8859-1);
2) has UTF-8 support (not only kernel/glibc, but also fonts/ui);

Please note the encoding spaces that "(simplifed chinese only) HZ == GB2312 < GBK == CP937 < GB18030 < UTF-8 (all languages in one) ...

Nothing is too difficult if you know how to deal with it

[akar]

install zhcon!