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- initialism computing a
virtual file allocation table ; a 16-bit version of file allocation table that supports an extended set of features such as support for long filenames that the originalFAT file system did not have.
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Examples
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DEFRAG from there, because DOS doesn't understand VFAT, which is used to support long filenames in Windows 95 and higher.
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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After careful examination, it looks that something replaced the munt line of my NTFS partition in the/etc/fstab and claimed that it is a VFAT partition and 'mountall' that is run during boot gets very, very confused if presented with such dillema, so mach in fact that it hangs and stops the whole boot sequence.
Planet Debian aigarius 2010
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The workaround is to boot from a livecd/usb and comment out all NTFS and VFAT lines in
Planet Debian aigarius 2010
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The workaround is to boot from a livecd/usb and comment out all NTFS and VFAT lines in
Planet Debian aigarius 2010
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After careful examination, it looks that something replaced the munt line of my NTFS partition in the/etc/fstab and claimed that it is a VFAT partition and 'mountall' that is run during boot gets very, very confused if presented with such dillema, so mach in fact that it hangs and stops the whole boot sequence.
Planet Debian aigarius 2010
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The rest of the USB drive or 1 GB also as VFAT (Fat32) type
PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009
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Where's the suit against IBM and every other vendor that ships a Linux kernel with VFAT?
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The filesystems are VFAT and they're mounted read-only most of the time.
Extremetech 2009
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It comes down to the Linux VFAT filesystem which is compatible with Windows long filenames, and this is significant for Linux since VFAT is part of the GPLed kernel code.
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I'll let tridge tell you: When this option is enabled the VFAT filesystem will refuse to create new files ...
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