--- Mariusz Pêkala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2005-12-18 18:18:34 +0100 (Sun, Dec), Holly
> Bostick wrote:
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ grep FAT
> /usr/src/linux/.config #
> > > CONFIG_X86_MCE_NONFATAL is not set # DOS/FAT/NT
> Filesystems
> > > CONFIG_FAT_FS=y CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
> CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
> > > CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-1"
> > >
> >
> > Since you have the vfat module compiled into the
> kernel, it seems to me
> > that this can only mean that the module is not
> loaded (as it might not
> > be if a FAT32 filesystem did not need to be
> mounted at boot, because it
> > was not detected, and/or the partition is not set
> to autoload at boot
> > via /etc/fstab, and/or the module is not set to
> autoload at boot via
> > /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.*).
> >
> >
> > If you get an error when attempting to modprobe,
> or after modprobing
> > mounting still returns an error, then we've at
> least got more
> > information (in the case of an error), or
> eliminated one possible cause
> > (if mounting still fails after successfully
> modprobing the module).
>
> As I can see the VFAT is compiled in the kernel, not
> as a module.
> Compare:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ zcat /proc/config.gz | grep -i fat
> CONFIG_X86_MCE_NONFATAL=y
> # DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems
> CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
> CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
> CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=852
> CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-2"
>
> I wonder what is in your /proc/filesystems and
> /etc/filesystems ? Could
> you post their contents here?
reflex pindar # cat /proc/filesystems
nodev sysfs
nodev rootfs
nodev bdev
nodev proc
nodev sockfs
nodev debugfs
nodev pipefs
nodev futexfs
nodev tmpfs
nodev inotifyfs
nodev eventpollfs
nodev devpts
reiserfs
ext2
nodev ramfs
iso9660
ntfs
nodev mqueue
nodev usbfs
hmm, no vfat
reflex pindar # cat /etc/filesystems
# /etc/filesystems
#
# This file defines the filesystems search order used
by a
# 'mount -t auto' command.
#
# Uncomment the following line if your modular kernel
has vfat
# support and you want mount to try vfat.
#vfat
aha!
Well, I removed the comment but nothing changed. I'll
try etc-update...nope
oh, wait, it says to use -t auto...nope. OK, that's
all I got.
>
> And are you sure that /usr/src/linux/.config belongs
> to the kernel you
> actualy run?
no alternatives
> It would not hurt to modprobe, anyway. ;-)
FATAL: Module vfat not found. naturally
>
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