nocase-fs.sh

# Commands to create a case-insensitive NTFS-filesystem on linux
# Disclaimer: run these commands at you own risk!

# Create the image file. Adjust size to your liking.
dd if=/dev/zero of=fs.img bs=1G count=40

# Create the NTFS file system. -F flag is necessary to make mkfs.ntfs accept
# that fs.img is not a block device.
mkfs.ntfs -F fs.img

# Create the mount point
mkdir -p /media/fs-nocase

# Mount the filesystem. Note that "lowntfs-3g" is necessary in order to be able
# use the "ignore_case" option. See "man mount.ntfs" for details.
mount -t lowntfs-3g fs.img /media/fs-nocase -o ignore_case

# Put this in /etc/fstab to have it mounted on startup
# /path/to/fs.img /media/fs-nocase lowntfs-3g ignore_case 0 0