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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