-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 02 Jun 1998, Damon Muller wrote: >G'day, > >> Possible error sources are : >> -the partition was never made a vfat partition by >> Windows95, but is still a fat partition > >Sort of don't think this would be it, as it had files with long file >names in it. I don't think that is possible under FAT. > >> -your kernel does not support the vfat fs >> Try mounting it as a fat partition or check whether your kernel supports >> vfat. >> If it does not, you can either recompile it with vfat support or load the >> appropriate module. > >Okay, quick question here. I tried mounting it and it said (can't >remember exact error) something about FAT not being supported by the >kernel. I thought this was a bit wierd, as I thougth I compiled it in, >and went back thru my kernel setup in make menuconfig. Accounding to >that, fat support should have been compiled into the kernel, not as a >module (yeah, can't rememebr what I was thinking at the time...) > >I seem to recall that vfat sort of needed fat to work (tho my memory >could be failing me...), would it matter if vfat was a module, and fat >was compiled into the kernel? More to the point, if it was compiled into >the kernel, why does it say it isn't supported by the kernel... > >Confusing! Or maybe I'm just stupid today... > >damon if you can't mount it as fat16 nor as vfat, NT propably formated the drive as fat32. I don't know very much about that, but you could have a look at
http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/fat32.html and http://infocom.cqu.edu.au/Study/Units/85321_Systems_Administration/Study_Material/Resource_Materials/FAT32/ Chris - -- Stone's Law: One man's "simple" is another man's "huh?" - -- ================================== Christian Zander * web: ishmael.ml.org/~zander * email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNXP5QrtAzGtVrTsdAQEw2QP/QZkfUkrwLodEzICiipTPSsepb8Ea5MRu NuoJcc+o6i107A4CQuqUr6IkFwrn1pRbm6RtTKzEpzw2rwAEAASvJsMCODQDar4M Xc0ea4V3fjkEZB3u1wOKuYaA3fJMnsm0Oz/njNMyX3WwV7kzrduXWTDFdbbrXeMD hzRrxZDNFu4= =Lwb7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]