[plug] RedHat7.2

[Bill Westerhuis]

Paul,

/etc/fstab entry does state that it mounts as   vfat

It is a carry-over from the 7.1 version of Redhat.  Should I put something
different there?

Cheers,

Bill.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Dean" <paul at canningcollege.wa.edu.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] RedHat7.2


> Hya,
>
> At 04:07 PM 18/12/2001 +0800, you wrote:
> >Members,
> >
> >I upgraded a RedHat 7.1 system to 7.2, which converted my filesystems to
> >ext3.  Fine.
> >
> >However, automounting Fat32 partitions is now a problem.  Boot message
comes
> >up (after kernel is loaded) that says:
> >
> >Warning:  FAT32 support is still ALPHA
>
> in you /etc/fstab file are you mounting the "Fat32" partition by listing
it
> as 'vfat' ?
>
> >I managed to circumvent this by removing the Fat32 entry from my
/etc/fstab
> >file, after booting from the CD and entering rescue mode.
> >
> >Is there a permananet fix for this that anyone has found, or will I need
to
> >mount the Fat32 partition manually each time?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Bill W.
>
> Paul...
>
>
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