On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 11:46:38AM -0600, CW Harris wrote: > On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 05:54:30PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 12:30:53PM +0000, Stephen Patterson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:10:04 +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > > When I try to mount a floppy with file system marked as auto in fstab > > > > it does recognize vfat file system (disks from windows), I have to > > > > specify vfat explicitly. Any way around that? > > > > > > You can create /etc/filesystems, a text file with 1 filesystem per > > > line. This indicates which order to attempt different filesystems for > > > devices with fs-type auto. > > > > ...and if you don't, you get autodetection in the order specified in > > /proc/filesystems. In which msdos (8.3) precedes vfat (long filename > > support). > > I think the order depends on your setup. msdos might always precede vfat > if both compiled in kernel, but if they are modules the order depends on > the order they are loaded (and if you only load vfat, msdos won't be in > /proc/filesystems).
My problem apparently is that they are both modules and not loaded at all (I depend on auto loading them) so they don't appear in /proc/filesystems. The /etc/filesystems option should solve that (didn't have the time to try yet). > > > > > Peace. > Indeed. > > > > -- > Chris Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ------------------------------------------- > GNU/Linux --- The best things in life are free. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
