Floppy question

[Blake Barnett]

If it's a stock distribution kernel, then you're right, he shouldn't
have to do this at all.  

If "modprobe vfat" does nothing for you, can you send us more info about
what you're running?  What kernel version?  (uname -a), which release of
your distribution....


On Mon, 2002-01-21 at 23:27, Robert A. Klahn wrote:
> Heck, you should not have to do this at all. But it is worth trying.
> 
> Bob.
> 
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 23:22:56 -0700
> "Robert A. Klahn" <rklahn@acm.org> wrote:
> 
> > Try "modprobe vfat". You have to do this as root.
> > 
> > Bob.
> > 
> > On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 21:31:53 -0700
> > "Tom Achtenberg" <tom@ybnormal.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > OK,  I do not get vfat or msdos on mine.  How can I get them so I can mount
> > > floppy's?
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Blake Barnett" <blake.barnett@developonline.com>
> > > To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.mybutt.net>
> > > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 3:27 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Floppy question
> > > 
> > > 
> > > That's news to me:
> > > 
> > > dispari:~$ cat /proc/filesystems
> > > nodev   rootfs
> > > nodev   bdev
> > > nodev   proc
> > > nodev   sockfs
> > > nodev   tmpfs
> > > nodev   shm
> > > nodev   pipefs
> > > nodev   binfmt_misc
> > >         ext2
> > > nodev   ramfs
> > >         msdos
> > >         vfat       <-----
> > >         iso9660
> > > nodev   devfs
> > > nodev   nfs
> > > nodev   smbfs
> > >         ntfs
> > > nodev   autofs
> > >         reiserfs
> > > nodev   devpts
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Sat, 2002-01-19 at 19:06, Victor Odhner wrote:
> > > > Blake Barnett wrote:
> > > > > Type:
> > > > > cat /proc/filesystems
> > > > >
> > > > > If you don't see 'vfat' or 'msdos' listed there, it won't
> > > > > be able to mount any DOS or Windows floppies.
> > > >
> > > > Seems to me (I'm in Windows right now so I can't check)
> > > > that vfat was one of the filesystem types that did
> > > > not have to be in /proc/filesystems.
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