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From: maxim wexler <blissfix@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] son of can't mount vfat part.
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:38:35
Message-Id: 20051218213438.30683.qmail@web31702.mail.mud.yahoo.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] son of can't mount vfat part. by "Mariusz Pękala"
1 --- Mariusz Pêkala <skoot@××.pl> wrote:
2
3 > On 2005-12-18 18:18:34 +0100 (Sun, Dec), Holly
4 > Bostick wrote:
5 > > > pindar@reflex ~ $ grep FAT
6 > /usr/src/linux/.config #
7 > > > CONFIG_X86_MCE_NONFATAL is not set # DOS/FAT/NT
8 > Filesystems
9 > > > CONFIG_FAT_FS=y CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
10 > CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
11 > > > CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-1"
12 > > >
13 > >
14 > > Since you have the vfat module compiled into the
15 > kernel, it seems to me
16 > > that this can only mean that the module is not
17 > loaded (as it might not
18 > > be if a FAT32 filesystem did not need to be
19 > mounted at boot, because it
20 > > was not detected, and/or the partition is not set
21 > to autoload at boot
22 > > via /etc/fstab, and/or the module is not set to
23 > autoload at boot via
24 > > /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.*).
25 > >
26 > >
27 > > If you get an error when attempting to modprobe,
28 > or after modprobing
29 > > mounting still returns an error, then we've at
30 > least got more
31 > > information (in the case of an error), or
32 > eliminated one possible cause
33 > > (if mounting still fails after successfully
34 > modprobing the module).
35 >
36 > As I can see the VFAT is compiled in the kernel, not
37 > as a module.
38 > Compare:
39 > case@cthulhu ~ $ zcat /proc/config.gz | grep -i fat
40 > CONFIG_X86_MCE_NONFATAL=y
41 > # DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems
42 > CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
43 > CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
44 > CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=852
45 > CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-2"
46 >
47 > I wonder what is in your /proc/filesystems and
48 > /etc/filesystems ? Could
49 > you post their contents here?
50
51 reflex pindar # cat /proc/filesystems
52 nodev sysfs
53 nodev rootfs
54 nodev bdev
55 nodev proc
56 nodev sockfs
57 nodev debugfs
58 nodev pipefs
59 nodev futexfs
60 nodev tmpfs
61 nodev inotifyfs
62 nodev eventpollfs
63 nodev devpts
64 reiserfs
65 ext2
66 nodev ramfs
67 iso9660
68 ntfs
69 nodev mqueue
70 nodev usbfs
71
72
73 hmm, no vfat
74
75 reflex pindar # cat /etc/filesystems
76 # /etc/filesystems
77 #
78 # This file defines the filesystems search order used
79 by a
80 # 'mount -t auto' command.
81 #
82
83 # Uncomment the following line if your modular kernel
84 has vfat
85 # support and you want mount to try vfat.
86 #vfat
87
88 aha!
89
90 Well, I removed the comment but nothing changed. I'll
91 try etc-update...nope
92
93 oh, wait, it says to use -t auto...nope. OK, that's
94 all I got.
95
96 >
97 > And are you sure that /usr/src/linux/.config belongs
98 > to the kernel you
99 > actualy run?
100
101 no alternatives
102
103 > It would not hurt to modprobe, anyway. ;-)
104
105 FATAL: Module vfat not found. naturally
106
107 >
108 > --
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110 > Checked by "grep -i virus $MESSAGE"
111 >
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Re: [gentoo-user] son of can't mount vfat part. Dale <dalek@××××××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] son of can't mount vfat part. Holly Bostick <motub@××××××.nl>