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Retes
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 Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 5:30 pm Post subject: Fat32 support |
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Hi,
I'm new to linux, and having some trouble on mounting vfat partition...
I compiled the 2.6 kernel with vfat and ntfs support, but still cant mount those partitions...
It says kernel does not support vfat part type.
How can I verify if vfat is compiled? I'm sure i've selected it not as a module on kernel config...
One more question:
after kernel config (make manuconfig) i did (make install)
after, updated the grub conf file, is there any more updates should i do?
thanks...
Pedro Retes |
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jbNet
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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are you sure you're booting your new kernel? I personally don't trust make install... I just copy the bzImage over to /boot manually, and edit my grub conf...
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pjp
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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Have you gone through the FAQ on mounting FAT/NTFS partitions?
Moved from Installing Gentoo.
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Retes
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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the problem is in modules load up.... i'm in trouble installing module-init-tools...
i tried emerge module-init-tools, but it crashes... error
checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables |
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Jefklak
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: Fat32 support |
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| Retes wrote: | | How can I verify if vfat is compiled? |
You could do something like
| Code: | $ cd /usr/src/linux
$ cat .config | grep fat |
and check if it's set or not. (Y = built-in, M = module)
locate vfat.o in /usr/lib/2.6.x/drivers/ (or was it something with modules and fs, I don't know the exact path anymore) to manually locate the .o/.ko (module) file.
If you compiled them as a module you could manually load them:
But that normally isn't neccessary.
Also, double check your /etc/fstab file.
| Retes wrote: | | s there any more updates should i do? |
Generally, ony 4 steps are needed:
> Configuring
> Compiling (make all)
> Installing (modules & kernel)
> Configuring grub
| Code: | $ su
# cd /usr/src/linux
# cp .config ~ && make mrproper && mv ~/.config ./
# make menuconfig
# make all && make modules_install
# mount /dev/hdc2 (your boot)
# cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot
# gvim /boot/grub/grub.conf |
If you're having troubles building modules, make mrproper sometimes helps. |
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