File Type Not Supported

[Roger Oberholtzer]

vfat support can be a kernel module. which may need to be loaded. To see what 
file systems your kernel supports:

	cat /proc/filesystems

I get:

nodev   rootfs
nodev   bdev
nodev   proc
nodev   sockfs
nodev   tmpfs
nodev   shm
nodev   pipefs
nodev   binfmt_misc
        ext3
        ext2
nodev   ramfs
        msdos
        vfat
        iso9660
nodev   devfs
nodev   nfs
nodev   autofs
nodev   devpts
nodev   usbdevfs
nodev   usbfs

If it is not listed here, then try the next step. To see if it is a module on 
your system, check for an object called vfat.o:

	find /lib/modules -name vfat.o

If you find a file called vfat.o, then it is a module and will need loading. 
If you don't find a module, it is either compiled in to the kernel (listed 
above) or not compiled at all...

But, given the error message, I don't thint that is it. How are you trying to 
mount it?

	mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

would be my guess. I think the '-t vfat' can be left off. It seems to figure 
it out. But if it is vfat, it is never wrong to add it.

If this does not sort things out, then maybe it is not a vfat disk. On 
UnixWare (there, I said an SCO word) there was a utility to tell what file 
system was on a device, even if the OS could not mount it. I don't know of 
one, but there could very well be one for linux.

On Thursday 13 March 2003 22.28, Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I think I have a demented install.  I'm trying to mount a floppy drive and
> it keeps telling me "File type not supported by kernel".  VFAT?!?  I
> thought all modern kernels supported that.  Is there a simple (for the
> simple-minded amongst us) way to get the kernel to support extra files
> systems?  A module I can add or whatever?
>
>
> In Harmony's Way, and In A Chord,
>
> Tom  :-})
>
> Thomas A. Condon
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Roger Oberholtzer