hi there

i was using custom built kernel 2.6.7 peacefully
when i got the 2.6.8 kernel
i compiled that with the same config file of the krnel 2.6.7
all went fine except my vfat partitons
on mounting them i get this error

[root@gaurav root]# mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/d
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda6,
or too many mounted file systems

now i used to comple 2.6.7 with support of vfat in modules that workes
here it did not work
so i compiled the kernel with the vaft & MSDOS fs support in the kernel itself
then too the same error

i do not know how to tackle this
pl. help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
also kernel 2.6.7 is fine ,but i want to know what is wrong here
i also checked the new 2.6.8.1 kernel but the same problem

also i can mount my ntfs partitons

here is output of my "fdisk -l"

[root@gaurav root]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 446 3582463+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 447 3845 27302467+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda3 3846 4546 5630782+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 4547 4865 2562367+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda5 447 892 3582463+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda6 893 1402 4096543+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda7 1403 2868 11775613+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda8 2869 3544 5429938+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda9 3545 3845 2417751 b W95 FAT32
[root@gaurav root]#

regards

gaurav

Try this

hi
i tried it same problem

[root@gaurav root]# mount -t vfat /dev/hda6 /mnt/d
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda6,
or too many mounted file systems
[root@gaurav root]#

regards

Did you run make oldconfig after you copied the 2.6.7 config file to the 2.6.8 dir? I knew there were some options added between 2.6.8.0 rc1 and rc2, so there might be some extra options you missed in case you didn't do a make oldconfig...

hi there

thanks for the advice
i am compiling my kenrel with
make oldconfig (it slipped out of my mind for this option)

i will keep u posted on that
regards

i have the same problem too in kernel 2.6.6.

hey ui tried mak oldconfig also with my old 2.6.7 config file
t did ask me about the new settings
but that kernel also did not work out

regards

try mount -t auto or mount -t msdos.

hi
i have the "auto" in my fstab entry
there also it is not mounting it during startup
then too i will try for it

regards
gaurav

what does

cat /proc/filesystems

tell you - ie do you actually have vfat support compiled ???

hi
if i did not had vfat support then error would have been somewhat like
"fs type vfat not supported by kernel"

regards
gaurav

Seeing it would have just made me feel better as I have never tried doing things like having vfat supprt without msdos support and such and so I don't know how it would behave to be honest... When I get trouble I just start from the ground up and elliminate possible problems.

mount -t vfat /dev/hdx /mnt/x

should work and if it doesn't then you have done something wrong somewhere... And I don't know if vfat depends on msdos or not...

hi there
i will try that again
also i had compiled my system with MSDOS and VFAT support
also it was asking for some charset for vfat ,which i entered to be default
will post u more on that

regards
gaurav

Hmm, just a thought, did you add modules for the codepage and NLS stuff and whatever... Mostly for cdrom, but.... If it's asking for charset... you'll want nls iso 8859-1 etc...

hi
what else charsets do we require??

i think i wil choose all and then try

regards