d'OH! I can say with complete certainty that my /boot/System.map doesn't match my kernel :)
Honestly, I never ran into a case before where it mattered. So I'll give that a try. thanks Judah Rob Sherwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 06:00:34PM -0500, J. Milgram wrote: > > Dumb question ... I have a USB key drive with the usual vfat filesystem > > on it. I plug it in, but mount fails with "unknown file system > > vfat". Even if I try it again a second time (I thought maybe the insmod > > was taking a few too many milliseconds) So I load the module by hand and > > it works fine. > > > > Seems there was a way to get things like this to load automatically when > > you mount, but does anyone remember it? > > > > Maybe the solution is just to compile it into the kernel. > > This should happen by default: what happens when you run `depmod -a`? > Another alternative is that your /boot/System-map-* is does not match your > kernel. > > - Rob > . >
