Re: FAT32 (was: dual-OS system)
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:22:29 +0000, Daniel Goldsmith
<daniel.goldsmith@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry for re-awakening this fairly dead thread, but...
>
> On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:30:25 +0200, David Baron <d_baron@012.net.il> wrote:
>
> > There are, as posted, other alternatives as well. Ext3 is simplest, I think.
> > Linux can mount NTFS read-only but has full FAT32 support.
>
> Is that the case with a default Sarge installation? I did one only
> very recently and, ever since, the Debian system refuses to mount the
> Windows FAT32 partition, although it does recognise it.
>
> I haven't had this problem before (mainly as I never had a windows
> partition before) and am sure that it can be rectified with a modprobe
> command. My two questions are:
>
> o Which module needs to be loaded? I have loaded msdos and vfat, but
> the system still says that the fat32 is not supported by the kernel.
>
> o Why were the dos/win filesystem supports removed from Sarge's
> kernels? As many first time users would want to keep their Windows
> stuff accessible, this would appear to me to be a red-line issue for
> many fresh adopters of Debian.
>
> Even modularised, the fact is that it remains a command-line
> post-configuration step for someone who may not have the experience
> required to do it and, consequently, will become disillusioned.
>
> Any responses/assistance on these would be gratefully received,
> particularly the first.
>
That's weird... I could mount my USB flash drives (which uses vfat as
its filesystem) using the stock debian kernels. Older-world MS Windows
installations do use vfat as well.
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Paolo Alexis Falcone
pfalcone@gmail.com
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