Sorry for re-awakening this fairly dead thread, but... On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:30:25 +0200, David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. Regards, Daniel. -- Flames to /dev/null -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]