Upgraded kernel (2.4.14) won't mount vfat partitoins!
 

Upgraded kernel (2.4.14) won't mount vfat partitoins!

Compiled and installed new kernel 2.4.14 for my SuSE 7.0.
With the new kernel, I can't mount FAT32 partitions. I get an error
"/dev/hdaX has a wrong major or minor number".
I am not sure what that means.

Facts:
1. During the configuration (xconfig), I took enough care to select vfat as one of the mountable partitions.
2. New kernel can mount ext2 partitions.
3. If I boot using the old kernel, it mounts just fine.
4. Major and minor numbers of this partition are correct (3,1).


As a prerequisite, I tried
#mount /dev/hdaX -t vfat /abc
#chmod 777 /dev/hdaX
but no success.

I see this message posted on many boards, but wasn't lucky enough to get an answer.

TIA for any info..

i know it's not a solution as such, but you'd perhaps be better off using the configuration from your existing kernel and build the new one. you should have /boot/config-2.4.3 or something similar, load that in xconfig and then change anything after that, more chance of things working nicely.

you did install the modules aswell as making the bzImage?

cool a_k. I was actually wondering where the old config file is stored.
I will try that.