From 64567a748a24fd0de8f4042bdb944de20da59872 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: codefiles <11915375+codefiles@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 20:21:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Remove support for NTFS root file system (#4279)

* Remove support for NTFS root file system

* Fix rootfstype value
---
 PKGBUILD                                  |  1 -
 archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py    |  3 ---
 archinstall/lib/installer.py              |  9 ++-------
 archinstall/lib/interactions/disk_conf.py |  4 ----
 archinstall/lib/models/device.py          | 10 ----------
 5 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index bb4eabd9..cda10ca5 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ depends=(
   'xfsprogs'
   'lvm2'
   'f2fs-tools'
-  'ntfs-3g'
   'libfido2'
 )
 makedepends=(
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py b/archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py
index 0a072e7a..98a10b79 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/disk/device_handler.py
@@ -253,9 +253,6 @@ class DeviceHandler:
 				mkfs_type = 'fat'
 				# Set FAT size
 				options.extend(('-F', fs_type.value.removeprefix(mkfs_type)))
-			case FilesystemType.Ntfs:
-				# Skip zeroing and bad sector check
-				options.append('--fast')
 			case FilesystemType.LinuxSwap:
 				command = 'mkswap'
 			case _:
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/installer.py b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
index 79b1eb12..9e4da9dc 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/installer.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/installer.py
@@ -862,14 +862,9 @@ class Installer:
 			self._base_packages.append(pkg)
 
 		# https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/1837
-		if fs_type.fs_type_mount == 'btrfs':
+		if fs_type == FilesystemType.Btrfs:
 			self._disable_fstrim = True
 
-		# There is not yet an fsck tool for NTFS. If it's being used for the root filesystem, the hook should be removed.
-		if fs_type.fs_type_mount == 'ntfs3' and mountpoint == self.target:
-			if 'fsck' in self._hooks:
-				self._hooks.remove('fsck')
-
 	def _prepare_encrypt(self, before: str = 'filesystems') -> None:
 		if self._disk_encryption.hsm_device:
 			# Required by mkinitcpio to add support for fido2-device options
@@ -1199,7 +1194,7 @@ class Installer:
 
 			kernel_parameters.append('rw')
 
-		kernel_parameters.append(f'rootfstype={root.safe_fs_type.fs_type_mount}')
+		kernel_parameters.append(f'rootfstype={root.safe_fs_type.value}')
 		kernel_parameters.extend(self._kernel_params)
 
 		debug(f'kernel parameters: {" ".join(kernel_parameters)}')
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/interactions/disk_conf.py b/archinstall/lib/interactions/disk_conf.py
index d0276595..b9a5767e 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/interactions/disk_conf.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/interactions/disk_conf.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from archinstall.lib.args import arch_config_handler
 from archinstall.lib.disk.device_handler import device_handler
 from archinstall.lib.disk.partitioning_menu import manual_partitioning
 from archinstall.lib.menu.helpers import Confirmation, Notify, Selection, Table
@@ -257,9 +256,6 @@ def select_main_filesystem_format() -> FilesystemType:
 		MenuItem('f2fs', value=FilesystemType.F2fs),
 	]
 
-	if arch_config_handler.args.advanced:
-		items.append(MenuItem('ntfs', value=FilesystemType.Ntfs))
-
 	group = MenuItemGroup(items, sort_items=False)
 	result = Selection[FilesystemType](
 		group,
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/models/device.py b/archinstall/lib/models/device.py
index 9f1722a9..49853ff7 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/models/device.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/models/device.py
@@ -799,16 +799,6 @@ class FilesystemType(Enum):
 	def is_crypto(self) -> bool:
 		return self == FilesystemType.Crypto_luks
 
-	@property
-	def fs_type_mount(self) -> str:
-		match self:
-			case FilesystemType.Ntfs:
-				return 'ntfs3'
-			case FilesystemType.Fat32:
-				return 'vfat'
-			case _:
-				return self.value
-
 	@property
 	def parted_value(self) -> str:
 		return self.value + '(v1)' if self == FilesystemType.LinuxSwap else self.value