VFAT on latest Kernels [solved]

risq · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 03 Dec 2004 Posts: 75

since 2.6.8 and i used libata (/dev/sda instead of /dev/hda) i'm not
able to mount any vfat partitions on amd64 kernel

i always get:

wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock [...] while mounting like this

mount -t vfat /dev/sda9 /win/d

this is really strange:

- even after a fresh installation of 2004.r3 with kernel 2.6.9-r1 and vfat module i cant mount any vfat partitions, while i could mount them after a boot from the live-cd ...which is the same kernel 2.6.9-r1

- even if i use mkfs.vfat -F32 to create a partition instead of using the xp created one i cant mount it

..obviously i have all win file system driver in my config: dos, vfat and ntfs ...and never had a problem mounting ntfs

any hints ?

ernstp · Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 8:11 am Post subject:

I think I saw something like this on my box a while ago...

Do you have vfat compiled as a module?
Try compiling it into the kernel.
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bos_mindwarp · Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:04 am Post subject:

I have the same problem, and its compiled in kernel. It is not codepage related, either.

Vendicatore · Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:44 am Post subject:

I had the same problem on my installation.
I solved by compiling codepage 437 e 850 (i'm italian) statically on kernel.

risq · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 03 Dec 2004 Posts: 75

Vendicatore · Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:17 am Post subject:

Did you tryied also with kernel 2.6.9?

risq · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 03 Dec 2004 Posts: 75

i tried several kernels since 2.6.8, but these were all from gentoo-dev-sources

StinkingMonkey · Apprentice Joined: 24 May 2003 Posts: 183 Location: UK

have you got the following enabled ?

File Systems > Native Language Support >

<*> Codepage 437 (United States, Canada)
<*> NLS ISO 8859-1 (Latin 1; Western European Languages)
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fredor · Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 1:41 pm Post subject:

i have been unable to mount fat32 partitions with mount -t vfat
They do mount, however, with mount -t msdos.
This is using the latest gentoo-dev-sources.

jdevers · n00b Joined: 05 Mar 2004 Posts: 26

I had the same problem, but it was a native language support issue. It works perfectly now with extended char names using 2.6.9-r6.

fredor · Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 3:09 pm Post subject:

i have an AMD64 stable system with gentoo-dev-source-2.6.9-r6 which mount with the vfat fs.
I also have an ~AMD64 system which gives the error unless I mount as msdos. This system also has Hal,Dbus etc installed which affect file mounting.
I have pagecode 850 installed on both linux and windows systems and I have tried with and without pagecode 437.

StinkingMonkey · Apprentice Joined: 24 May 2003 Posts: 183 Location: UK

ok im using gnome,with hal, gamin, dbus, and ~amd64, i solved the problem by using what i wrote in my previous post.
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