On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:44:40 +0000, David Dorward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- Flames to /dev/null -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]