--- Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> maxim wexler wrote:
> > I created a fat32, ID 'b' partition w/fdisk.
> >
> > Formatted w/ mkdosfs -F 32
>
> Please show the output of cfdisk or parted.
Using /dev/hda
(parted) print
Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0kB - 3229MB
Disk label type: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system
Flags
1 32kB 91MB 91MB primary ext2
boot
2 91MB 3229MB 3138MB primary fat32
(parted)
>
> > But can't be mounted in gentoo: unknown filesytem
> type
> > 'vfat'. In fact the same error occurs w/ -t vfat,
> -t
> > auto or no specified fs at all.
>
> Then you're still missing something in the kernel.
> Turn on anything
> vaguely fattish and dossish in the kernel config.
> Also maybe try
> to mount it with -t fat32. And please paste the
> exact command and
> output given.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ grep FAT /usr/src/linux/.config
# CONFIG_X86_MCE_NONFATAL is not set
# DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-1"
reflex pindar # mount -t fat32 /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2
mount: unknown filesystem type 'fat32'
reflex pindar # mount -t vfat /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2
mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat'
reflex pindar # mount -t auto /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2
mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat'
reflex pindar # mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2
mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat'
>
> Also try creating a dos file system on a dummy file
> and mounting it
> on a loop device and see if that works. And try
> creating and using
> a fat16 file system instead.
...to be cont'd
>
> Benno
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