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From: SoloCDM <deedsmis@aculink.net>
To: Craig McDonald <craig@wattgroup.net>
Cc: "Linux-Administration (Majordomo)" <linux-admin@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: vfat Doesn't Work With Windows 2000
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 18:09:22 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DC47742.63C20809@cdm01.deedsmiscentral.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1B4EC5AAAA55D511971A00B0D0AA97200E7103@SOL.wattgroup.net

Craig McDonald stated the following:
> 
> The fat filesystem is used for M$ floppies, not the fat32 filesystem
> (vfat under linux).  Try using fat instead and see if that works.

The following is part of the mount page:

(Note: fat is not a separate filesystem, but a common part of the
msdos, umsdos and
       vfat filesystems.)


I used both msdos and vfat.  The same CRC errors occurred, basically
those produced when files (not disks) are unreadable.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: SoloCDM [mailto:deedsmis@aculink.net]
> 
> I have Linux Mandrake release 8.0 with Kernel 2.2.20-9.2mdk.  The vfat
> isn't able to read any Windows 2000 diskettes.  What needs to be done
> to update vfat?

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  reply	other threads:[~2002-11-03  1:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-02 12:41 vfat Doesn't Work With Windows 2000 Craig McDonald
2002-11-03  1:09 ` SoloCDM [this message]
     [not found] <200211021159.gA2BxVD19078@cdm01.deedsmiscentral.net>
2002-11-02 12:40 ` james
2002-11-02 12:56 ` Tarun Dua
2002-11-03  1:06   ` SoloCDM
2002-11-04 13:08     ` daniel lance herrick
2002-11-04  9:38 ` Paul Furness

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