On Tuesday 26 August 2003 05:14 pm, Edward C. Bailey wrote: > >>>>> "Greg" == Greg Goldstein <greggold@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Greg> I recently installed RH8.0 on my Dell Inspiron 2500 laptop, which is > Greg> dual boot and I have 2 DOS drives mounted. I get this message on > Greg> boot-up: checking filesystems - Fat32 support is still ALPHA. > > Greg> Has anyone experience with this message, are there ever any bad > Greg> effects of alpha support? > > Let me guess: > > o You have an entry in your /etc/fstab for a FAT filesystem of some > sort > > o This entry has something other than zero in the last field > > Change that last field to a zero, and the message should go away. The key > to this is that the message you get refers to *checking* filesystems, not > *using* them. > > The last field in /etc/fstab entries dictates when fsck should check the > filesystem; since support for FAT filesystem checking is in an alpha state, > you get the message. Set the field to zero, and fsck will never attempt to > check the filesystem, which means you'll never see that message again... > > Ed It worked! The line finished with 1, I changed it to zero and the message went away. thanks very much Greg -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
