Re: file system vfat

1999-04-17 Thread Jelmar Andree
Alan Tam wrote: > Hi, > > The kernel comes with Debian was not configured with vfat support. > During > boot time mount is processed before kerneld, therefore you can't mount vfat > file > systems before kerneld is processed. After login (before login, kerneld is > processed) then you

Re: file system vfat

1999-04-16 Thread Arcady Genkin
Richard Harran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's the one: > $lsmod > vfat4 2 > > I didn't have vfat as a module in the kernel either, but I guess it > doesn't need to be. So you *do* have it as module. Kerneld autoloads it automatically whenever you need it to mount a vf

Re: file system vfat

1999-04-16 Thread Richard Harran
That's the one: $lsmod vfat4 2 I didn't have vfat as a module in the kernel either, but I guess it doesn't need to be. Thanks Rich Arcady Genkin wrote: > > Richard Harran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I get that now, 'without' vfat. Although I don't have vfat co

Re: file system vfat

1999-04-16 Thread Arcady Genkin
Richard Harran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I get that now, 'without' vfat. Although I don't have vfat compiled > into the kernel, I am mounting my Win drives with the 'vfat' type option > (apparently quite sucessfully), which is why I asked the question. You probably have vfat as a module. Whe

Re: file system vfat

1999-04-16 Thread David Nelson
Are you sure you get that with the msdos filesystem? I didn't. To see long filenames, I had to install vfat. Richard Harran wrote: > > I get that now, 'without' vfat. Although I don't have vfat compiled > into the kernel, I am mounting my Win drives with the 'vfat' type option > (apparently qui

Re: file system vfat

1999-04-16 Thread Richard Harran
I get that now, 'without' vfat. Although I don't have vfat compiled into the kernel, I am mounting my Win drives with the 'vfat' type option (apparently quite sucessfully), which is why I asked the question. Seems a bit strange. Rich David Nelson wrote: > > For one, vfat let's you see long fil

Re: file system vfat

1999-04-16 Thread David Nelson
For one, vfat let's you see long filenames in Linux. Richard Harran wrote: > > What does compiling vfat support into your kernel do for you? I only > ask because I don't have it, but I do mount my Windows95 drives under > linux, and I seem to be able to use them ok (except for permissions, > whi

Re: file system vfat

1999-04-16 Thread Richard Harran
What does compiling vfat support into your kernel do for you? I only ask because I don't have it, but I do mount my Windows95 drives under linux, and I seem to be able to use them ok (except for permissions, which I suppose don't exist on them) cheers Rich Alan Tam wrote: > > Hi, > > Th

Re: file system vfat

1999-04-15 Thread Alan Tam
Hi, The kernel comes with Debian was not configured with vfat support. During boot time mount is processed before kerneld, therefore you can't mount vfat file systems before kerneld is processed. After login (before login, kerneld is processed) then you can mount the vfats. To ha

file system vfat

1999-04-15 Thread Jelmar Andree
hello, when booting I get the message vfat not supported by the kernel. when I'm logged in and do as root mount /dosc there is no problem. I've ofcourse in my fstab mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /dosc etc. how is that possible and what to change so by booting the windows-partities will be mounted? J