| config FAT_FS |
| tristate |
| select NLS |
| help |
| If you want to use one of the FAT-based file systems (the MS-DOS and |
| VFAT (Windows 95) file systems), then you must say Y or M here |
| to include FAT support. You will then be able to mount partitions or |
| diskettes with FAT-based file systems and transparently access the |
| files on them, i.e. MSDOS files will look and behave just like all |
| other Unix files. |
| |
| This FAT support is not a file system in itself, it only provides |
| the foundation for the other file systems. You will have to say Y or |
| M to at least one of "MSDOS fs support" or "VFAT fs support" in |
| order to make use of it. |
| |
| Another way to read and write MSDOS floppies and hard drive |
| partitions from within Linux (but not transparently) is with the |
| mtools ("man mtools") program suite. You don't need to say Y here in |
| order to do that. |
| |
| If you need to move large files on floppies between a DOS and a |
| Linux box, say Y here, mount the floppy under Linux with an MSDOS |
| file system and use GNU tar's M option. GNU tar is a program |
| available for Unix and DOS ("man tar" or "info tar"). |
| |
| The FAT support will enlarge your kernel by about 37 KB. If unsure, |
| say Y. |
| |
| To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called |
| fat. Note that if you compile the FAT support as a module, you |
| cannot compile any of the FAT-based file systems into the kernel |
| -- they will have to be modules as well. |
| |
| config MSDOS_FS |
| tristate "MSDOS fs support" |
| select FAT_FS |
| help |
| This allows you to mount MSDOS partitions of your hard drive (unless |
| they are compressed; to access compressed MSDOS partitions under |
| Linux, you can either use the DOS emulator DOSEMU, described in the |
| DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from |
| <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or try dmsdosfs in |
| <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/dosfs/>. If you |
| intend to use dosemu with a non-compressed MSDOS partition, say Y |
| here) and MSDOS floppies. This means that file access becomes |
| transparent, i.e. the MSDOS files look and behave just like all |
| other Unix files. |
| |
| If you have Windows 95 or Windows NT installed on your MSDOS |
| partitions, you should use the VFAT file system (say Y to "VFAT fs |
| support" below), or you will not be able to see the long filenames |
| generated by Windows 95 / Windows NT. |
| |
| This option will enlarge your kernel by about 7 KB. If unsure, |
| answer Y. This will only work if you said Y to "DOS FAT fs support" |
| as well. To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will |
| be called msdos. |
| |
| config VFAT_FS |
| tristate "VFAT (Windows-95) fs support" |
| select FAT_FS |
| help |
| This option provides support for normal Windows file systems with |
| long filenames. That includes non-compressed FAT-based file systems |
| used by Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and the Unix |
| programs from the mtools package. |
| |
| The VFAT support enlarges your kernel by about 10 KB and it only |
| works if you said Y to the "DOS FAT fs support" above. Please read |
| the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for details. If |
| unsure, say Y. |
| |
| To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called |
| vfat. |
| |
| config FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE |
| int "Default codepage for FAT" |
| depends on MSDOS_FS || VFAT_FS |
| default 437 |
| help |
| This option should be set to the codepage of your FAT filesystems. |
| It can be overridden with the "codepage" mount option. |
| See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information. |
| |
| config FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET |
| string "Default iocharset for FAT" |
| depends on VFAT_FS |
| default "iso8859-1" |
| help |
| Set this to the default input/output character set you'd |
| like FAT to use. It should probably match the character set |
| that most of your FAT filesystems use, and can be overridden |
| with the "iocharset" mount option for FAT filesystems. |
| Note that "utf8" is not recommended for FAT filesystems. |
| If unsure, you shouldn't set "utf8" here. |
| See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information. |