Mount FAT32 partitions specifying VFAT as the partition type. The reason you don't see
any patches since 2.0 is because it is in the kernel now. I believe 'man mount' covers
this somewhat, so look there. Not absolutely sure about that though.
jakob
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 08:20:24AM -0800, Michal Young wrote:
> (I thought I sent this Friday, but don't see it in the archives ...
> sorry if you are seeing it for the second time)
>
> After long mystification about why my linux systems (RH 6.0) could
> mount older Zip disks but not more recent ones, I think I now
> understand that it is because the newest ones are coming with Fat32
> file systems, whereas my system understands only msdos, umsdos,
> fat16, and vfat among Dos/Windows file formats. Does that sound
> right? If so, the potential fixes seem to be ---
> * Patch the kernel ... but I see fat32 patches only up through 2.0,
> and I seem to be running a 2.2 kernel now.
> * Get a new distro ... I'd prefer to stay with RH if practical.
> * Reformat zip disks to an older file system ... (how?)
> or maybe something else I haven't thought of.
> Advice?
>
> Thanks.
> --Michal
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