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1config 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
35config 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
60config 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
77config 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
86config 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.