--- Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> maxim wexler schreef: > > > > [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" > > > > > > reflex pindar # mount -t fat32 /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 > mount: unknown > > filesystem type 'fat32' > > > > reflex pindar # mount -t vfat /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 > mount: unknown > > filesystem type 'vfat' > > > > reflex pindar # mount -t auto /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 > mount: unknown > > filesystem type 'vfat' > > > > reflex pindar # mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 mount: > unknown filesystem > > type 'vfat' > > > > Now, what I notice about this is the "unknown file > system". > > 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.*). > > What happens if you modprobe vfat before attempting > to mount? Arrrgghh! Why do I have to keep telling people it's NOT a module? So naturally modprobing is useless! As for fstab, if the dir can't be mounted the console starts shooting off red exclamation marks before login is even reached. > > If this works, at least you know what the problem is > (and that it's not > that the filesystem just *says* it's FAT32 but > actually isn't, which is > another possible cause of such an issue-- I've had > that happen to me, > just not with fat32). If it's just that the module > needs to be loaded, > then put it in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.*, > so you don't have to > worry about it anymore. > > 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). blecch! > > HTH, > Holly > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
