Re: [PATCH] Re: msdos/vfat defaults are annoying

[Nuno Monteiro]

On 2005.02.07 00:42, Pozsár Balázs wrote:
On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 12:36:10AM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 12:21:08AM +0100, Pozsar Balazs wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 07:06:59AM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > filesystem detection isn't handled at the kerne level.
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
IIRC currently if both msdos and vfat are compiled in (not modules),  
and

you try to mount a vfat filesystem without explicitly specifying the fs
type, it will be mounted with the msdos type. With the, it will mounted
vfat.

But since filesystem detection isn't handled in the kernel, changing the  
link order is pointless. Please fix your /etc/filesystems instead.

~# grep camera /etc/fstab
/dev/sda1 /mnt/camera auto users,noauto 0 0
~# strace -o mount.trace mount /mnt/camera
~# grep filesystems mount.trace
open("/etc/filesystems", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
~# cat /etc/filesystems
ext2
ext3
nodev proc
nodev devpts
iso9660
reiserfs
vfat
udf
Also check man 8 mount, specifically option -t:
[...] Creating a  file /etc/filesystems can be useful to change the probe  
order (e.g., to try vfat before msdos) ...

This is from man-pages 1.66, btw.
Regards,
            Nuno
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