FAT broken in 2.6.7-bk15
Hello,
The recent changes in 2.6.7-bk15 broke FAT support. I am doing some rescue backup systems here using tools like syslinux and mtools to format a normal msdos disk (for el-torito). I figured out that after creating and formating of these disks that it is impossible to mount them with 'msdos' or 'vfat'. Even recompiling mtools with current changes show the same issues. Please someone check up and fix the issues (maybe reverting the changes).
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Quoted 5 lines · Ali Akcaagac
The recent changes in 2.6.7-bk15 broke FAT support. I am doing some rescue backup systems here using tools like syslinux and mtools to format a normal msdos disk (for el-torito). I figured out that after creating and formating of these disks that it is impossible to mount them with 'msdos' or 'vfat'.
You may be able to check for yourself precisely which change caused trouble for you. The only very recent change is one that makes the kernel more permissive.
Give details on what versions work for you, what versions don't. Give the exact error messages. Give the first few sectors of the filesystem that you cannot mount but can mount with an earlier kernel.
Andries
Quoted 9 lines · Ali Akcaagac
Hello,
The recent changes in 2.6.7-bk15 broke FAT support. I am doing some rescue backup systems here using tools like syslinux and mtools to format a normal msdos disk (for el-torito). I figured out that after creating and formating of these disks that it is impossible to mount them with 'msdos' or 'vfat'. Even recompiling mtools with current changes show the same issues. Please someone check up and fix the issues (maybe reverting the changes).
Check syslog for error messages, I had a similar problem due to the codepage module not being loaded. Sometime after 2.6.7 there were config changes for FAT default codepage.
Jesse
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