----- Original Message ----- From: Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, December 1, 2002 6:11 am Subject: Re: Kernel building help: what am I missing?
> Does the <M> mean module? Yup. > If so, run lsmod to see if that module has loaded. > > I did modprobe vfat before attempting to mount my windows > filesystem so it > > should be a problem of modules not being loaded. I did check lsmod and VFAT and FAT modules were loaded > My biggest headache with building kernels is modules. I used to build > just monolithic kernels to avoid them entirely. Finally, when faced > withthe necessity of modules, I resorted just to loading them with my > own scripts instead of relying upon whatever mechanism the distro has > provided. The only hard part is knowing the order in which to load > them. The > file modules.dep somewhere in /lib/modules is very helpful in this > regard. > Now, I like modules and find them very useful. > > Joel > > > the On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 11:52:57PM -0800, David Aikema wrote: > > Warning: I'm not particularly experienced in kernel-building > > > > I downloaded 2.4.20 the other day and built it this evening. > Now, running > > this new kernel of mine, my windows partition refuses to mount > (something > > which worked before so there shouldn't be any problems in > /etc/fstab):> > > # mount /windows > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda2, > > or too many mounted file systems > > > > In my kernel configuration only these three options appear to be > relevant.> > > <M> DOS FAT fs support > > < > MSDOS fs support > > <M> VFAT (Windows-95) fs support > > > > I did modprobe vfat before attempting to mount my windows > filesystem so it > > should be a problem of modules not being loaded. The middle > option there > > appeared to not be needed for vfat to work, at least that's what > the help for > > the option seemed to suggest. > > > > Can anyone suggest what I might be missing? > > > > David Aikema > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux- > sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux- > sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
