Re: RedHat and (Uggghhhh) Fat32

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From: Manfred Bartz
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 00:00

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bpalmer@pcug.org.au (Bryan Palmer) writes:

> On 22 Nov 97 00:03:05 , tlang@freeway.DIALix.oz.au (Tony Langdon)
> writes:
> 
> >It's 16 Nov 97  10:39,
> >We'll return to nick@zeta.org.au and All's
> >discussion of RedHat and (Uggghhhh) Fat32
> >
> > ni> Presumably the RedHat kernel doesn't have vfat compiled-in, or
> > ni> available as a module. You should be able to build it as a module and
> > ni> insmod it, or let kerneld load it on demand.
> >
> >I don't think the supplied kernel does have vfat support.  You need to
> >recompile (I'm using RH 4.2).  I have it as a module, in case I even
> >need to plug in a Win 95 disk. :-)
> >
> >... Thhis takline iz slitely out of cofus.
> 
> I use redhat 4.2 out of the box. Vfat is in there. Just have to change
> the default fstype from "msdos" to "vfat" in /etc/fstab.

vfat has been available since 1995, it gives you MS long filename
support but not FAT-32 support (unless that has been added very
recently).  FAT-32 support is available as a separate patch somewhere.

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