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--- Benno Schulenberg <benno.schulenberg@×××××.com> |
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wrote: |
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> maxim wexler wrote: |
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> > I created a fat32, ID 'b' partition w/fdisk. |
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> > |
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> > Formatted w/ mkdosfs -F 32 |
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> Please show the output of cfdisk or parted. |
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Using /dev/hda |
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(parted) print |
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Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0kB - 3229MB |
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Disk label type: msdos |
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Number Start End Size Type File system |
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Flags |
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1 32kB 91MB 91MB primary ext2 |
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boot |
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2 91MB 3229MB 3138MB primary fat32 |
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(parted) |
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> |
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> > But can't be mounted in gentoo: unknown filesytem |
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> type |
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> > 'vfat'. In fact the same error occurs w/ -t vfat, |
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> -t |
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> > auto or no specified fs at all. |
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> Then you're still missing something in the kernel. |
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> Turn on anything |
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> vaguely fattish and dossish in the kernel config. |
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> Also maybe try |
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> to mount it with -t fat32. And please paste the |
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> exact command and |
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> output given. |
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pindar@reflex ~ $ grep FAT /usr/src/linux/.config |
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# CONFIG_X86_MCE_NONFATAL is not set |
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# DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems |
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CONFIG_FAT_FS=y |
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CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y |
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CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437 |
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CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-1" |
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reflex pindar # mount -t fat32 /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 |
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mount: unknown filesystem type 'fat32' |
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reflex pindar # mount -t vfat /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 |
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mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat' |
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reflex pindar # mount -t auto /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 |
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mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat' |
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reflex pindar # mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 |
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mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat' |
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> Also try creating a dos file system on a dummy file |
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> and mounting it |
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> on a loop device and see if that works. And try |
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> creating and using |
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> a fat16 file system instead. |
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...to be cont'd |
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> Benno |
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