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From: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin)
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: msdos/vfat defaults are annoying
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 23:09:31 +0000 (UTC)
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Followup to:  <20050207084709.GA30680@ojjektum.uhulinux.hu>
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> 
> Granted, I could override the default order by using a /etc/filesystems 
> file. But the kernel should have a much more sane default on its own, 
> namely "try vfat before msdos".
> 

What it really means is that mount(8) should know this is a special
case; presumably it already knows to try ext3 over ext2.

	-hpa

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