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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, HenRi KiRya wrote:

> mebbe the error message will give you a hint
> 
> mount  /dev/hda1  /mnt
> 
> kmd: failed to execute sbin.modprobe -s -k vfat, errno =2
> mount: fs type vfat not supported by kernel

That's odd.  I would expect the stock RH 6.2 kernel to support
vfat.  Maybe this one supports msdos rather than vfat?  Did you try
------------------------------
mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mnt
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?  If not, try it and see if that works.  I don't think I ever tried to
mount a Win or DOS partition using that RH installation, but I would be
surprised if it's not supported somehow.

James

PS I'll cc this to the BL list, since there are others there who could
help on this and who know more about Linux than I do.  Anyone know what's
the diff between msdos and vfat for M$ file systems?  Is it FAT16 and
FAT32 respectively?

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>
> To: HenRi KiRya <henry AT cmf.co.ug>
> Date: Monday, September 29, 2003 6:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [BL] PCMCIA network . . . vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0
> 
> 
> >On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, HenRi KiRya wrote:
> >
> >> thanks for the kernel
> >> however though it loads fine initially
> >> it doesnt mount the hdd
> >> ie: mount /dev/hda1 /mnt
> >> could it have been for a scsi drive ?
> >>
> >No, definitely not.  This kernel was part of a RH 6.2 install on an IDE
> >drive.  Not sure what the problem could be.
> >
> >James
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>
> >> To: HenRi KiRya <henry AT cmf.co.ug>
> >> Date: Friday, September 26, 2003 8:44 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [BL] PCMCIA network . . . vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0
> >>
> >>
> >> >Ok, let's try this.  I've renamed the file from vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0 to
> just
> >> >vmlinuz.  If it comes through ok, I recommend changing the name back to
> >> >it's original form: could help minimize confusion.  So, here's another
> >> >try.
> >> >
> >> >James
> >> >
> >> >On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, HenRi KiRya wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> pse rename the file to remove the etension
> >> >>
> >> >> eg if file is redhat.exe, rename to redhat
> >> >> the i shall rename it back here, thanks
> >> >>
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>
> >> >> To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> >> >> Date: Friday, September 26, 2003 7:54 PM
> >> >> Subject: Re: [BL] PCMCIA network and modem ERROR messages
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> >On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, HenRi KiRya wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> you could send me the attachements for the redhat kernels, will
> give
> >> >> those a
> >> >> >> try too
> >> >> >> thanks
> >> >> >>