From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: SoloCDM Subject: Re: vfat Doesn't Work With Windows 2000 Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 18:09:22 -0700 Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3DC47742.63C20809@cdm01.deedsmiscentral.net> References: <1B4EC5AAAA55D511971A00B0D0AA97200E7103@SOL.wattgroup.net> Reply-To: deedsmis@aculink.net, linux-admin@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Craig McDonald Cc: "Linux-Administration (Majordomo)" 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? -- Note: When you reply to this message, please include the mailing list address and my email address in To: ********************************************************************* Signed, SoloCDM