Quick question(s) re dosfsck

Duncan Lithgow duncan at lithgow-schmidt.dk
Sat Dec 30 16:58:13 UTC 2006


On Sat, 2006-12-30 at 08:15 +0800, The Joker wrote:
> Perhaps someone more knowledgeable can comment on this one if I get it 
> wrong, but I think you can change the options in the /etc/fstab file to 
> skip checking VFAT partitions.
> 
> I believe it's the last option in the line in question.
> 
> A relevant line from my /etc/fstab file is:
> 
> UUID=42D2-898B  /media/data     vfat    defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 
>        0
> 
> (Line may wrap)
> 
> Change the last number (probably 1) in the line referencing your drive 
> to a 0 and everything should be hunky-dory.
That's how I fixed it. Remember to file bugs for annoying user issues
like this.

Here's the bug report for this one:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/dosfstools/+bug/59293

Duncan

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