what are the differences between -o iocharset=utf8 AND -o utf8 ?

TIA

Hi,

Take a look here: wiki lq: NTFS faq

In short:
-o iocharset=XXX => info taken from the kernel
-o XXX => info taken from NTFS driver.

Hope this helps.

Sorry, I cannot connect to http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/...riginal_Driver

Hi,

No problems here. Both links work (mine has an extra dot on the end, yours doesn't, but this doesn't seem to be a problem).

Maybe this one will work: http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux-NTFS_FAQ
Find: Mount options for the Original Driver.

Hope this helps.

Hi,

Here's a text version: http://www.charmed.com/txt/ntfs.txt
Look for the utf8=<bool> section (near the top).

Thank you for your replies.

I did some experiment:

rick-debian:~# mount
/dev/hda9 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/hda10 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda5 on /media/D type vfat (rw,utf8)
/dev/hda6 on /media/E type vfat (rw,utf8)
/dev/hda8 on /media/F type vfat (rw,utf8)
/dev/hda1 on /media/C type vfat (rw,iocharset=utf8)

rick-debian:~# cat /media/C/abc
abcdfdf
rick-debian:~# cat /media/C/ABC
cat: /media/C/ABC: No such file or directory

when save /media/C/ABC after editing, I got :
"/media/C/ABC"
"/media/C/ABC" E212: Can't open file for writing
Press ENTER or type command to continue


rick-debian:~# cat /media/D/abc
abcd
rick-debian:~# cat /media/D/ABC
abcd

when editing /media/D/ABC, just like editing /media/D/abc


How to explain these?

btw:
rick-debian:/home/rick# uname -a
Linux rick-debian.nju.edu.cn 2.6.17-2-486 #1 Wed Sep 13 15:56:30 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

Hi,

Are the mounted vfat partitions actually ntfs partitions? If so; Why are you mounting them as vfat? or are you 'just' trying new things?

Before you start editing your fstab file: the /media/C seems to be wrong and the other 3 seem to be ok.

They ARE vfat partitions. What I did is to try to make clear the difference between two options "-o iocharset=utf8" and "-o utf8" .

Hi,

Only utf8 is a legal option for vfat filesystems. That explains why iochar=utf8 (which is not a vfat option) does not work.

man mount for details.

Thank you. I've got it