On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Jerome Tan wrote:
> >The entry should look like:
> >/dev/hda1 /Win98 vfat defaults 1 1
> >(supposing your Win98 partition is on /dev/hda1 = first partition on
> >primary master)
> >If the system complains about an unknown fs type "vfat" or something, you
> >will have to recompile your kernel with vfat support, or at least compile
> >a vfat module. (in make menuconfig, vfat is under filesystems, and then
> >"enable international codepage support" or something). If you have never
> >recompiled your kernel, read the Kernel-HOWTO (I think) and
> >/usr/src/linux/README (supposing you have installed kernel sources).
> >
> Thanks to everybody! After I've got it work, it gives an error of unkonwn fs
> type. Is there a quick fix for this? Or is it possible to fix the problem
> through re-installation and editing some options?
>
Try this:
insmod vfat.o
mount /dev/hda1 /Win98 -t vfat
If it does not work, you will have to recompile your kernel, or install
the kernel modules package that came with your distribution. There is no
need to reinstall. Basically, there is almost never a need to reinstall a
Linux system.
By the way, what distribution do you use?
Frank
