Description of problem: I have a dual boot system with Win2000/Linux (Fedora Core 1). Under Win2000, both the floppy and the cd-rom (Samsung SC-152AEB 52X) work fine. Whenever I boot my PC with Linux, in the /var/log/messages file I read the following messages: "insmod ide-cd failed", "insmod floppy failed", "insmod fat failed", "insmod vfat failed" and "insmod msdos failed". When I try to mount the cd-rom using: mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom I get the following error: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device. I also have a fat partition on my PC located on /dev/hda5. When I try to mount it using: mount -t fat /dev/hda5 /mnt/share I get the following error: filesystem of type fat not supported by the kernel. The same appens when I try to mount using vfat or msdos. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Kernel 2.4.22 (the default kernel for the Fedora Core 1 release) How reproducible: Anytime I try to mount cdrom, floppy or FAT partition Steps to Reproduce: 1.Boot the system with Fedora Core 1 2.Log in as root 3.mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom or mount -t fat /dev/hda5 /mnt/share Actual results: "/dev/cdrom is not a valid block device" or "filesystem of type fat not supported by kernel" Expected results: It have to mount the cdrom or the fat partition without any problem Additional info:
the filesystem you want is 'vfat' not 'fat'.
Yes, but even when I mount the partition using: mount -t vfat /dev/hda5 /mnt/share I get the same error message: "filesystem vfat not supported by kernel". And what about the problem mounting the cd-rom ? Thanks
Are you positive you have the default nptl kernel that came with FC1 and not a custom kernel? Can you load any modules at all? What is the output of lsmod? Modutils version? Also post the output file from this: #strace -o modprobe.out modprobe ide-cd
Yes, the kernel is the default kernel, 2.4.22. After executing lsmod, it appears that no module has been loaded. The output of lsmod is just an empty row. I can't post the content of the modprobe.out file: the computer running Linux is not connected to the internet and I can't mount floppy.
Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem persists. The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/