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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > BL2 does vfat.
> 
> I just look up the .config and yes it does, 
> but BL3 does not.  (Why?)

The usual reason:  to make a smaller kernel.

> Does it detect ext2 automatically?  

Usually.

> If I have fat and vfat in the kernel will it do DOS 
> drives automatically?  

The auto-detect does not differentiate between fat, 
vfat and umsdos.  The only way to be sure of getting 
the right one is to specify it with the -t parameter.

> So VFAT is not FAT32?  

Isn't it?

> Can the Bl2 kernel mount a FAT32 partition?

I assumed vfat would handle it, but I have little
experience with Windows partitions.  

> Why did I get a message saying the kernel does not 
> support vfat 

Probably because you had no vfat in your kernel.

> and then I was able to mount it as msdos?  

Because you had msdos in your kernel.

> I am obviously confused.

AFAIK Linux has three DOS-type filesystems:  msdos,
vfat and umsdos.  msdos is the standard 8.3 DOS.
vfat has long filenames.  umsdos is for running 
Linux on a DOS filesystem.

Cheers,
Steven

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