Re: Long FAT filenames and Linux ?
On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Michael Legart wrote:
> Hi !
>
> > You probably also have msdos fs support which is operating by default.
> > Have you tried specifying the vfat type in your mount command?
>
> Yea, I did have msdos fs support, but I disabled that - compiled and
> installed the kernel again. But it still doesn't work ! I have
> selected vfat fs support in the configuration. I have a 2.0.30
> kernel. If I write mount -t vfat ... I just get the error-message,
> that the kernel doesn't support vfat! Is there a way to see which
> options the kernel is compiled with ?
>
Look at /usr/src/linux/.config for the current settings. You must specify
fat in addition to vfat:
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
I don't believe setting CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=n would be a problem, however.
Bob
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