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cola

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Registered: 2009-11-20

Posts: 63

Mounting problem, mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat'

Can't mount vfat partition.
Mounting problem, mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat'

Cyrusm

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From: Bozeman, MT

Registered: 2007-11-15

Posts: 1,053

Re: Mounting problem, mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat'

could you post your /etc/fstab?

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cola

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Registered: 2009-11-20

Posts: 63

Re: Mounting problem, mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat'

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# /etc/fstab: static file system information
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# <file system>        <dir>         <type>    <options>          <dump> <pass>
none                   /dev/pts      devpts    defaults            0      0
none                   /dev/shm      tmpfs     defaults            0      0

#/dev/cdrom             /media/cd   auto    ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
#/dev/dvd               /media/dvd  auto    ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
#/dev/fd0               /media/fl   auto    user,noauto             0      0

/dev/sda9 / ext4 defaults 0 1

sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 2,164

Re: Mounting problem, mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat'

sudo modprobe vfat

Last edited by sand_man (2009-11-23 05:17:19)

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takavar

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Registered: 2012-05-07

Posts: 1

Re: Mounting problem, mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat'

sorry for the necromancy, but this is the top result on Google search with no answer.

Rebooting the system seems to actually solve the problem. The above however didn't do anything.

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,822

Re: Mounting problem, mount: unknown filesystem type 'vfat'

sorry for the necromancy, but this is the top result on Google search with no answer.

I am going to close this thread because (a) the thread is more than two years old, abd (b) may or may not be related to your problem.
Please open a new thread detailing your problem.  Define what is "Solved" by rebooting.  Does the drive mount during a reboot?  Tell us how you are trying to mount the drive, and provide us your /etc/fstab.  You may want to share the the output of sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda

If you still think it relevant. provide a link back to this thread.

Thanks

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