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Re: Help (again~!!) and then some...



On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Andrew Ivanov wrote:

 : > Now, under 2.0.34, I have good sound... but I can't mount my fat16 
 : > partition or my cdrom... I get the 'you must specify partition type'... 
 : > I try vfat for the /dev/hda1 , and it tells me it is not supported... 
 : > Help!!!!
 : 
 : You may have excluded the vfat support from the kernel when you compiled
 : it. Just run configuration again and see if vfat support is included in
 : the kernel. If it's not, include it and compile again.
 : Andrew

Just for fun, before you recompile the kernel, (as root) type:

	modprobe vfat

This should insert the vfat module, if present, and you'll be ready to
go.  If you're running the stock install kernel I'm 99.9 percent sure
vfat is a module.

If that DOES solve the problem, you should look into kerneld, which
automagically loads (and unloads) modules for you when needed.  To
enable it, uncomment the "auto" line in /etc/modules .

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