Re: FAT32 (was: dual-OS system)
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:44:40 +0000, David Dorward <dorward@gmail.com> wrote:
> Daniel Goldsmith wrote:
> FAT32 is called vfat all though Linux world.
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt/windows
I'm not being deliberately obtuse here, but I tried that and I got a
'not supported' message
> > o Why were the dos/win filesystem supports removed from Sarge's
> > kernels?
>
> They aren't, as far as I know. Being a module doesn't prevent the kernel
> accessing them; AFAIK the modules will be loaded automatically when
> mount attempts to mount a vfat partition.
Hmmm - an older thread on debian-user mentions /etc/filesystem for the
auto mounting usage. That may be my problem - the Sarge install
doesn't appear to have created an /etc/filsesystem.
I take your point that being a module doesn't prevent the kernel
loading vfat, the difficulty is that in this particular case something
appears to have gone slightly awry.
> > 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.
>
> That would be a case of not autodetecting the existing windows
> partitions and setting up /etc/fstab for them - not a lack of kernel
> support.
The installer *did* autodetect the windows partition, set up an entry
in /etc/fstab, even made a nice new grub menu to load the thing. What
it didn't do is allocate a filesystem to allow the 'auto' to mount it.
> I've no idea if Sarge tries to do that at all; I haven't had Windows
> installed on any of my PCs for a couple of years.
I have had seperate WIn and Linux boxen, just that pressures of space
&c require me to try and amalgamate them into one, using a new box I
purchased. This is the only occasion in which the windosity or
otherwise of a box has ever caused me headaches within Linux. I know I
set up a PC for a friend some years ago with both in a dual-boot, and
I'm certain that he would have come raging back if his Win partition
was inaccessible. That was a Woody install, though, so I'm not sure
the experience travels well.
Daniel.
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