Heck, you should not have to do this at all. But it is worth trying.

Bob.

On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 23:22:56 -0700
"Robert A. Klahn" <rklahn@acm.org> wrote:

> Try "modprobe vfat". You have to do this as root.
> 
> Bob.
> 
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 21:31:53 -0700
> "Tom Achtenberg" <tom@ybnormal.org> wrote:
> 
> > OK,  I do not get vfat or msdos on mine.  How can I get them so I can mount
> > floppy's?
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Blake Barnett" <blake.barnett@developonline.com>
> > To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.mybutt.net>
> > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 3:27 PM
> > Subject: Re: Floppy question
> > 
> > 
> > That's news to me:
> > 
> > dispari:~$ cat /proc/filesystems
> > nodev   rootfs
> > nodev   bdev
> > nodev   proc
> > nodev   sockfs
> > nodev   tmpfs
> > nodev   shm
> > nodev   pipefs
> > nodev   binfmt_misc
> >         ext2
> > nodev   ramfs
> >         msdos
> >         vfat       <-----
> >         iso9660
> > nodev   devfs
> > nodev   nfs
> > nodev   smbfs
> >         ntfs
> > nodev   autofs
> >         reiserfs
> > nodev   devpts
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 2002-01-19 at 19:06, Victor Odhner wrote:
> > > Blake Barnett wrote:
> > > > Type:
> > > > cat /proc/filesystems
> > > >
> > > > If you don't see 'vfat' or 'msdos' listed there, it won't
> > > > be able to mount any DOS or Windows floppies.
> > >
> > > Seems to me (I'm in Windows right now so I can't check)
> > > that vfat was one of the filesystem types that did
> > > not have to be in /proc/filesystems.
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