On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:46:26 -0800 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 03/13/03 13:28, Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote: > > Folks, > > > > I think I have a demented install. I'm trying to mount a floppy drive > > and it keeps telling me "File type not supported by kernel". VFAT?!? I > > thought all modern kernels supported that. Is there a simple (for the > > simple-minded amongst us) way to get the kernel to support extra files > > systems? A module I can add or whatever? > > msdos/windoze floppies are never vfat filesystems. they're fat or msdos > filesystem. OK. But on a certain linux distro I still use, the floppy I just mounted is identified as bring vfat. It is a dos boot floppy. So, I guess it depends who makes the disk. But it is readable from DOS/Windows. -- +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ � Roger Oberholtzer � E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] � � OPQ Systems AB � WWW: http://www.opq.se/ � � Erik Dahlbergsgatan 41-43 � Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 � � 115 34 Stockholm � Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 � � Sweden � Fax: Int + 46 8 302602 � +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
