From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268125AbUHKRee (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:34:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268133AbUHKRee (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:34:34 -0400 Received: from vivaldi.madbase.net ([81.173.6.10]:29128 "HELO vivaldi.madbase.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S268125AbUHKRe3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:34:29 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:34:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Lammerts X-X-Sender: eric@vivaldi.madbase.net To: "R. J. Wysocki" cc: "Steven E. Woolard" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROBLEM: VFAT/MSDOS In-Reply-To: <200408100027.55463.rjwysocki@sisk.pl> Message-ID: References: <11497362.1092087656059.JavaMail.root@ernie.psp.pas.earthlink.net> <11497362.1092087656059.JavaMail.root@ernie.psp.pas.earthlink.net> <200408100027.55463.rjwysocki@sisk.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 10 Aug 2004, R. J. Wysocki wrote: > On Monday 09 of August 2004 23:40, Steven E. Woolard wrote: > > VER: 2.6.8-rc3 > > Using a FAT16 file system mounted via /dev/sda1 > > it cannot be written to. When attempt is made it gives the error of being a > > read-only file system. > > It's known. It appears that you have to mount the fs with _both_ the > "iocharset" _and_ "codepage" options explicitly specified to be able to write > to it. Alternatively, you can remount it with "rw" explicitly specified (as > root). > > I hope that someone's working on a fix. ;-) That change was reversed in 2.6.8-rc4: > > Revert FAT NLS changes. > > It's causing massive user confusion, and breaks installers by > mounting the filesystem read-only. Hooray for Linus! Eric