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[Anders Johansson <ajohansson@xxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 27 July 2008 20:41:44 Donald D Henson wrote:
> The subject line pretty much says it all.  When i try to transfer data
> from my Windows XP laptop to my OpenSuSE Linux desktop via a thumb
> drive, I get the message:
>
>           Cannot mount volume.
>
>           The volume uses the vfat file system which is not supported by
> your system.
>
> According to google, support for the vfat file system has been a part of
> the Linux kernel since 1.3.93. Why isn't it on my 11.0 system (kernel:
> 2.6.25.9-0.2-default)? More to the point, how do I get it back on my
> system? Can anyone shed any light on what may be happening here? I'd
> appreciate any insights.

Did you perhaps update your kernel from online update without rebooting your 
machine?

Anders
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