On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 11:20:37AM -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2005-05-05, Roberto C. Sanchez penned: > > > > Yes. The more correct solution is make sure that the vfat, fat and msdos > > (since floppies are actually msdos, not vfat) modules are loaded into your > > kernel on boot (this can be done by adding them as lines into /etc/modules). > > Thing is, if the kernel has no support for a FS, the auto option is pretty > > well useless. > > > > -Roberto > > Wait -- auto only works if the module has already been loaded? It > doesn't work if the module is available (but not loaded)? > > I hadn't realized that, but it could explain a number of weirdnesses > I've had with auto. Annoying, though. > > What about if you put the type in /etc/filesystems, but don't have the > module loaded?
Yes this will load the module... I've used it for some time. I posted a longer reply above... not seeing this thread got broken from the main one in my mutt reader. -- Chris Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------- GNU/Linux --- The best things in life are free. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
