https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/canb4t-mount-the-floppy/m-p/2898981#M78173 Most out-of-the-box systems come with the 'vfat' module installed.<BR /><BR />If it is, it'd be '/lib/modules/<KERNEL-REVISION>/kernel/fs/vfat/vfat.o'.<BR /><BR />If you've compiled your own kernel however, you might not have answered 'YES' to the appropraite questions. The following three options:<BR /><BR />CONFIG_FAT_FS=m<BR />CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m<BR />CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m<BR /><BR />should be all that's required.<BR /><BR />What distribution are you using, and what kernel are you using?<BR /><BR />Did you compile your own kernel, or are you using one from a distribution file (RPM, or some such) ?<BR /><BR />If all of this is in place, then try doing the mount again as the 'root' user.<BR /><BR />It's doubtful, but it could just be that the user doesn't have read access to the module path (unlikely however).</KERNEL-REVISION> Thu, 06 Feb 2003 23:24:46 GMT Stuart Browne 2003-02-06T23:24:46Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/canb4t-mount-the-floppy/m-p/2898980#M78172 Hi!<BR />When I try to mount the floppy disk, I get the message ??fstype vfat not valid for the kernel" <BR /><BR />Same, if I do with GUI, in the message file there is a line "Jan 30 12:46:19 ocoasbd2 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module vfat", seems like the module wasn??t charged at boot time.<BR />any idea ?<BR /> Thu, 06 Feb 2003 21:45:40 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/canb4t-mount-the-floppy/m-p/2898980#M78172 Javier Juarez 2003-02-06T21:45:40Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/canb4t-mount-the-floppy/m-p/2898981#M78173 Most out-of-the-box systems come with the 'vfat' module installed.<BR /><BR />If it is, it'd be '/lib/modules/<KERNEL-REVISION>/kernel/fs/vfat/vfat.o'.<BR /><BR />If you've compiled your own kernel however, you might not have answered 'YES' to the appropraite questions. The following three options:<BR /><BR />CONFIG_FAT_FS=m<BR />CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m<BR />CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m<BR /><BR />should be all that's required.<BR /><BR />What distribution are you using, and what kernel are you using?<BR /><BR />Did you compile your own kernel, or are you using one from a distribution file (RPM, or some such) ?<BR /><BR />If all of this is in place, then try doing the mount again as the 'root' user.<BR /><BR />It's doubtful, but it could just be that the user doesn't have read access to the module path (unlikely however).</KERNEL-REVISION> Thu, 06 Feb 2003 23:24:46 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/canb4t-mount-the-floppy/m-p/2898981#M78173 Stuart Browne 2003-02-06T23:24:46Z