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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: how to format a floppy in ext2
From:       Ethan Benson <erbenson () alaska ! net>
Date:       2001-03-31 23:39:04
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On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 11:35:24AM -0800, Robert Cymbala wrote:
> Upon further research (reading man pages), it appears that reading
> long filenames on a DOS floppy wouldn't even be an issue if "vfat"
> appeared before "msdos" in /proc/filesystems
> 
> I'm curious: rather than tweak /etc/fstab, what's the proper way to
> change order in /proc/filesystems?

you don't, instead change the behavior of the `auto' filesystem:

printf "ext2\nvfat\nmsdos\nhfs\n" > /etc/filesystems

list whatever filesystems in whatever order you want them tested.
/etc/filesystems is used instead of /proc/filesystems, so ommiting a
filesystem forbids mounting of that type of filesystem via the `auto'
flag.  

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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