Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Barry Schwartz <chemoelectric@×××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: FAT tools, where ?
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:02:57
Message-Id: 20091204061820.GA15317@crud.chemoelectric.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: FAT tools, where ? by Frank Peters
1 Frank Peters <frank.peters@×××××××.net> skribis:
2 > Barry Schwartz <chemoelectric@×××××××××××××.org> wrote:
3 >
4 > >
5 > > Depending on what the DOS fs stuff is for, sys-fs/ntfs3g might be a
6 > > better option, anyway, though I have a vfat partition from before I
7 > > discovered ntfs3g, and would keep dosfstools (and the kernel support)
8 > > and/or mtools around anyway, for working with those very occasional
9 > > floppies.
10 > >
11 >
12 > It's not just floppies. FAT still has a major use for formatting
13 > memory cards in digital cameras. If one is going to process digital
14 > images with Linux one had better have the ability to handle FAT
15 > partitions.
16
17 That makes sense.
18
19 There's mtools as well, but it's nice to be able to mount the fs.