checking kernel options

[gmkeegan at yahoo.com (Gordon Keegan)]

If the filesystem(s) are loaded (compiled or
loadable), an lsmod should tell you:

# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
vfat                   13004   0  (unused)
fat                    38808   0  [vfat]

I would also recommend either testing a new, blank
floppy to see if it will mount or testing the floppy
in question on a system/drive that is known to work. 
You might also try an mformat on a blank floppy.

Gordon

--- Stephen Anthony <steve at stephencanthony.com> 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? 
> 
> Or am I missing something else?
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at blu.org
> http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss


__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com