Unable to mount CF - IO charset iso8859-1 not found

cferron · 01-28-2008, 11:39 AM

Well I can't mount any FAT formatted compact flash card..
When trying to mount my FAT partition, I keep getting the error from KDE:

Code:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdb1,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

When I do "dmesg | tail" I get:

Code:

Unable to load NLS charset iso8859-1
FAT: IO charset iso8859-1 not found

I have try to compile as module the support and I also tried to build it within the kernel.

Uname -a
Linux toshiba 2.6.23.14-smp #5 SMP Mon Jan 28 12:15:28 EST 2008 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) M CPU 430 @ 1.73GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Please help...

jayjwa · 01-28-2008, 07:49 PM

Recompile your kernel and add it:

CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y

What it's set to is defined with:

CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=850
CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-1"

Make sure the default code page is there too:

CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=850
CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE="cp850"
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=m

I'm assuming you have already kernel auto module loading...

cferron · 01-29-2008, 12:21 PM

Thanks for your quick help!!! Not sure what a codepage is and what is it's role, but it worked. Card is now mounting.

Thanks again.

Claude