Re: VFAT/FAT

Bernhard Rosenkraenzer (linux@startrek.in-trier.de)
Thu, 28 Nov 1996 17:16:13 +0100 (MET)

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On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler wrote:

> I compiled 2.0.26 with MS-DOS-FAT and VFAT as modules. They are loaded
> (lsmod) VFAT on top off FAT. When I try to mount a floppy by
> 'mount -tfat' it says, that there's no kernel support for FAT (FAT is not
> listed in /proc/filesystems!).

Sure - fat isn't a complete filesystem; the fat module contains the
routiles to be used by msdos, vfat and umsdos.

LLaP
bero

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