From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265678AbUGDNpW (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jul 2004 09:45:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265690AbUGDNpW (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jul 2004 09:45:22 -0400 Received: from mx1.magmacom.com ([206.191.0.217]:23262 "EHLO mx1.magmacom.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265678AbUGDNpR (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jul 2004 09:45:17 -0400 Subject: Re: [BUG] FAT broken in 2.6.7-bk15 From: Jesse Stockall To: Ali Akcaagac Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1088940508.655.6.camel@localhost> References: <1088940508.655.6.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1088948649.9600.18.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 09:44:09 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2004-07-04 at 07:28, Ali Akcaagac wrote: > Hello, > > The recent changes in 2.6.7-bk15 broke FAT support. I am doing some > rescue backup systems here using tools like syslinux and mtools to > format a normal msdos disk (for el-torito). I figured out that after > creating and formating of these disks that it is impossible to mount > them with 'msdos' or 'vfat'. Even recompiling mtools with current > changes show the same issues. Please someone check up and fix the issues > (maybe reverting the changes). Check syslog for error messages, I had a similar problem due to the codepage module not being loaded. Sometime after 2.6.7 there were config changes for FAT default codepage. Jesse -- Jesse Stockall