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I'm compiling the kernel 2.4.27 for Red Hat Linux 9, and I was wondering if anyone knew which option under "xconfig" enables support for large vfat partitions.
Try using menuconfig. xconfig was terrible the last time I tried it. And yes, it has an option under File Systems for vfat. Don't be fooled by MS-DOS filesystem options. It HAS to be vfat.
Yeah, I eventually want to convert the partition to ext3 or something, but I need to be able to read it in order to do that!
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Originally posted by amosf Have you tried linux to see what it thinks on the large fat32/vfat partition?
Huh? I don't follow. "Tried linux"?
I have done some snooping around now, and there seem to be a lot of problems, with this, yes. A lot of people with questions, not so many with answers. They included support for partitions of larger than 128GB in the kernel 2.4.25pre5-pre6 or something like that.
I would try asking on the actual kernel or filesystem list.
And I was just wondering if you actually had linux running and tried to access a large fat partition and had trouble, or whether you were just thinking about it.
Oh. Well, this isn't a hypothetical, I'm trying to get my slave drive to mount and it is not being very good about it. I've been trying to work it out on this other thread: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=237364
There are a bunch of specifics there, for anyone who could lend a hand. Thanks.
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