Alexey Dobriyan | 1c6ace0 | 2009-01-22 10:37:59 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | config FAT_FS |
| 2 | tristate |
| 3 | select NLS |
| 4 | help |
| 5 | If you want to use one of the FAT-based file systems (the MS-DOS and |
| 6 | VFAT (Windows 95) file systems), then you must say Y or M here |
| 7 | to include FAT support. You will then be able to mount partitions or |
| 8 | diskettes with FAT-based file systems and transparently access the |
| 9 | files on them, i.e. MSDOS files will look and behave just like all |
| 10 | other Unix files. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | This FAT support is not a file system in itself, it only provides |
| 13 | the foundation for the other file systems. You will have to say Y or |
| 14 | M to at least one of "MSDOS fs support" or "VFAT fs support" in |
| 15 | order to make use of it. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Another way to read and write MSDOS floppies and hard drive |
| 18 | partitions from within Linux (but not transparently) is with the |
| 19 | mtools ("man mtools") program suite. You don't need to say Y here in |
| 20 | order to do that. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | If you need to move large files on floppies between a DOS and a |
| 23 | Linux box, say Y here, mount the floppy under Linux with an MSDOS |
| 24 | file system and use GNU tar's M option. GNU tar is a program |
| 25 | available for Unix and DOS ("man tar" or "info tar"). |
| 26 | |
| 27 | The FAT support will enlarge your kernel by about 37 KB. If unsure, |
| 28 | say Y. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called |
| 31 | fat. Note that if you compile the FAT support as a module, you |
| 32 | cannot compile any of the FAT-based file systems into the kernel |
| 33 | -- they will have to be modules as well. |
| 34 | |
| 35 | config MSDOS_FS |
| 36 | tristate "MSDOS fs support" |
| 37 | select FAT_FS |
| 38 | help |
| 39 | This allows you to mount MSDOS partitions of your hard drive (unless |
| 40 | they are compressed; to access compressed MSDOS partitions under |
| 41 | Linux, you can either use the DOS emulator DOSEMU, described in the |
| 42 | DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from |
| 43 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or try dmsdosfs in |
| 44 | <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/dosfs/>. If you |
| 45 | intend to use dosemu with a non-compressed MSDOS partition, say Y |
| 46 | here) and MSDOS floppies. This means that file access becomes |
| 47 | transparent, i.e. the MSDOS files look and behave just like all |
| 48 | other Unix files. |
| 49 | |
| 50 | If you have Windows 95 or Windows NT installed on your MSDOS |
| 51 | partitions, you should use the VFAT file system (say Y to "VFAT fs |
| 52 | support" below), or you will not be able to see the long filenames |
| 53 | generated by Windows 95 / Windows NT. |
| 54 | |
| 55 | This option will enlarge your kernel by about 7 KB. If unsure, |
| 56 | answer Y. This will only work if you said Y to "DOS FAT fs support" |
| 57 | as well. To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will |
| 58 | be called msdos. |
| 59 | |
| 60 | config VFAT_FS |
| 61 | tristate "VFAT (Windows-95) fs support" |
| 62 | select FAT_FS |
| 63 | help |
| 64 | This option provides support for normal Windows file systems with |
| 65 | long filenames. That includes non-compressed FAT-based file systems |
| 66 | used by Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and the Unix |
| 67 | programs from the mtools package. |
| 68 | |
| 69 | The VFAT support enlarges your kernel by about 10 KB and it only |
| 70 | works if you said Y to the "DOS FAT fs support" above. Please read |
| 71 | the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for details. If |
| 72 | unsure, say Y. |
| 73 | |
| 74 | To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called |
| 75 | vfat. |
| 76 | |
| 77 | config FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE |
| 78 | int "Default codepage for FAT" |
| 79 | depends on MSDOS_FS || VFAT_FS |
| 80 | default 437 |
| 81 | help |
| 82 | This option should be set to the codepage of your FAT filesystems. |
| 83 | It can be overridden with the "codepage" mount option. |
| 84 | See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information. |
| 85 | |
| 86 | config FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET |
| 87 | string "Default iocharset for FAT" |
| 88 | depends on VFAT_FS |
| 89 | default "iso8859-1" |
| 90 | help |
| 91 | Set this to the default input/output character set you'd |
| 92 | like FAT to use. It should probably match the character set |
| 93 | that most of your FAT filesystems use, and can be overridden |
| 94 | with the "iocharset" mount option for FAT filesystems. |
| 95 | Note that "utf8" is not recommended for FAT filesystems. |
| 96 | If unsure, you shouldn't set "utf8" here. |
| 97 | See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information. |