[solved] Re: problems mounting MS-DOS floppy

[Lorenzo Prince <lorenzo@prince.homelinux.org>]

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Thus spake CW Harris:
# Strange. I guess because the (vfat,msdos?) module is loaded it will try
# that type as a normal user?  I am guessing that msdos is a loadable
# kernel module.
 
Well, after mounting a floppy as vfat, lsmod showed vfat, msdos and fat as loaded
modules in the kernel.

# Anyway, I think what you want is to put "vfat" or "msdos" into
# /etc/filesystems, this will cause the mount to try these additional
# types on a mount of an "auto" type. (man mount, search for
# /etc/filesystems).  Note vfat is the windows format with long filename
# support.

Worked like a charm.  Thanks.   So I guess technically, I could put vfat in
either /etc/filesystems or /etc/modules, but since a module loader is being used,
/etc/filesystems is the best choice.

Anyway, I tried putting vfat in /etc/filesystems and then ran

rmmod fat
rmmod msdos
rmmod vfat

Then I logged in as a normal user and

mount /floppy

Now all is well and the module is loaded automatically.

Thanks much,
PRINCE
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