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checking kernel options



On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 05:41:04AM -0400, Stephen Anthony wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I recently spun a 2.4.20 kernel and absent-mindedly forgot to add
> fat/dos filesystem support. When I went to mount fd0, I got a "not a
> support filesystem" error. 
> 
> No problem, says I. I'll respin with the support. So, using xconfig, I
> made sure I had the support selected for fat, msdos, umsdos and vfat;
> not as modules, but compiled-in support. Recompiled and booted new
> kernel. 
> 
> But I still get the same error when I try mounting fd0.
> 
> Anyway I can confirm the support is compiled into the kernel? 

  cat /proc/filesystems

will show you all filesystems for which support is compiled in or
currently loaded.

Nathan Meyers
nmeyers at javalinux.net




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