FAT32 Won't Mount

satish427 · 09-28-2004, 01:26 PM

Well i just installed 2.6.8.1 and am facing the same situation
in fstab it is not loadin as unknown extension
I think i shall try the auto option given by one of the members if anyone has any other option reply soon

KidKootenay · 09-28-2004, 11:23 PM

Well I got this working. I don't know if its the same for the rest of you. It was really stupid of me. I need the correct kernel modules installed.

Code:

File Systems ----->
     ----->Native Language Support
                 (iso8859-1) Default NLS Option
                  <M>      Codepage 437
                                     :
                                     :
                  <M>      NLS ISO 8859-1             <--this was missing

Hope this helps some one else

osuchw · 10-07-2004, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by KidKootenay
Well I got this working. I don't know if its the same for the rest of you. It was really stupid of me. I need the correct kernel modules installed.

Code:

File Systems -----> ----->Native Language Support (iso8859-1) Default NLS Option <M> Codepage 437 : : <M> NLS ISO 8859-1 <--this was missing

Hope this helps some one else

Thanks a lot. That was a life saver

gep · 10-17-2004, 05:59 AM

Hey men, i have just solved the problem. It tooks me 5 seconds, so i dont know what are you talking about. Maybe u have differ problem. So i did:

#mount -t vfat /dev/hda6 /mnt/lin
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda6,
or too many mounted file systems
#dmesg
...
...
FAT: IO charset iso8859-1 not found
#modprobe nls_iso8859-1 (You have to compile this with kernel)
#mount -t vfat /dev/hda6 /mnt/lin
#ls /mnt/lin
Hey, there are files

.

P.S. kernel 2.6.8.1

jimsaku · 10-24-2004, 02:31 AM

hello...

my problem was that i had

(437) Default Codepage for FAT

but i didn't have Codepage 437 compiled under native language support. i changed 437 to 850 (i live in the UK), which was already selected, and hey presto! again, a silly mistake, but i've never had to do that before...

kernel: 2.6.8-gentoo-r10

heister · 11-11-2004, 02:10 AM

Hi guys.
I am having similar problem here.
When i was using kernel 2.6.5* , the fat32 partitions worked fine.
After i upgraded the kernel to 2.6.8-1.* , Konqueror and Nautilus freeze everytime when i browse by fat32 partitions.
P/S : Command Line in Konsole works fine, but when media files with xine or xmms, it gets frozen again.
P/S : I have added the module nls-iso8859-1 in my rc.local, without compiling the kernel. It shows up in "lsmod".

Anyone can help ? Thanks in advance.
cheers.

reetep · 11-15-2004, 02:47 PM

hi guys. i had the same problem. after an afternoon faffing I finally solved it like this:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...=vfat+.6+mount

HTH. reetep

manthis · 12-07-2004, 07:19 AM

I've been having the same problem with vfat from an usb key, It mounts well if formated with ext2 but when it comes to fat32 an error keeps popping up saying that the file system is wrong or there are too many mounted filesystems.

I'm currently runnig 2.6.8 kernel

Tried to fix the problem moving to 2.6.9 but still doesn't work

Couriously I also tried moving back to 2.6.7 kernel and works like a charm

I haven't been able to find out if it is a documented bug on kernels after 2.6.7 apparently changes have been made on the fat fs module that deal with codepages and io charsets so

Any information on the subject will be very appreciated

reetep · 12-07-2004, 07:59 AM

well, have you followed the link in my post, and read my main post on that linked page? I only made two posts, so I'm sure you'll figure out which one.

You are right - changes were made to the fat fs module that deals with codepages, and my post describes exactly what you need to do to make it work.

visaris · 12-07-2004, 02:39 PM

I have this exact same problem too. So does my boss. I would really like to get this fixed so I can use my fat32 usb thumb drive.

I find it odd that so many people have this problem and yet, no one seems to know anything about it.

Here is the relavent section of my .config file..

Code:

#
# DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems
#
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="iso8859-1"
CONFIG_NTFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_NTFS_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set

And it doesn't really matter what my fstab file says. I can't even do a manual mount:

fdisk output:

Code:

root@tcm # fdisk /dev/sdb

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 261 MB, 261522944 bytes
9 heads, 56 sectors/track, 1013 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 504 * 512 = 258048 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1        1013      255248    b  W95 FAT32

Command (m for help):

And the mount error:

Code:

root@tcm # mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/tmp/
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1,
       or too many mounted file systems

Same error with -t auto too..
I'm stumpped...

visaris · 12-07-2004, 02:43 PM

reetep,

Thanks! You fixed it!