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+config FAT_FS
+ tristate
+ select NLS
+ help
+ If you want to use one of the FAT-based file systems (the MS-DOS and
+ VFAT (Windows 95) file systems), then you must say Y or M here
+ to include FAT support. You will then be able to mount partitions or
+ diskettes with FAT-based file systems and transparently access the
+ files on them, i.e. MSDOS files will look and behave just like all
+ other Unix files.
+
+ This FAT support is not a file system in itself, it only provides
+ the foundation for the other file systems. You will have to say Y or
+ M to at least one of "MSDOS fs support" or "VFAT fs support" in
+ order to make use of it.
+
+ Another way to read and write MSDOS floppies and hard drive
+ partitions from within Linux (but not transparently) is with the
+ mtools ("man mtools") program suite. You don't need to say Y here in
+ order to do that.
+
+ If you need to move large files on floppies between a DOS and a
+ Linux box, say Y here, mount the floppy under Linux with an MSDOS
+ file system and use GNU tar's M option. GNU tar is a program
+ available for Unix and DOS ("man tar" or "info tar").
+
+ The FAT support will enlarge your kernel by about 37 KB. If unsure,
+ say Y.
+
+ To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
+ fat. Note that if you compile the FAT support as a module, you
+ cannot compile any of the FAT-based file systems into the kernel
+ -- they will have to be modules as well.
+
+config MSDOS_FS
+ tristate "MSDOS fs support"
+ select FAT_FS
+ help
+ This allows you to mount MSDOS partitions of your hard drive (unless
+ they are compressed; to access compressed MSDOS partitions under
+ Linux, you can either use the DOS emulator DOSEMU, described in the
+ DOSEMU-HOWTO, available from
+ <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, or try dmsdosfs in
+ <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/dosfs/>. If you
+ intend to use dosemu with a non-compressed MSDOS partition, say Y
+ here) and MSDOS floppies. This means that file access becomes
+ transparent, i.e. the MSDOS files look and behave just like all
+ other Unix files.
+
+ If you have Windows 95 or Windows NT installed on your MSDOS
+ partitions, you should use the VFAT file system (say Y to "VFAT fs
+ support" below), or you will not be able to see the long filenames
+ generated by Windows 95 / Windows NT.
+
+ This option will enlarge your kernel by about 7 KB. If unsure,
+ answer Y. This will only work if you said Y to "DOS FAT fs support"
+ as well. To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will
+ be called msdos.
+
+config VFAT_FS
+ tristate "VFAT (Windows-95) fs support"
+ select FAT_FS
+ help
+ This option provides support for normal Windows file systems with
+ long filenames. That includes non-compressed FAT-based file systems
+ used by Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and the Unix
+ programs from the mtools package.
+
+ The VFAT support enlarges your kernel by about 10 KB and it only
+ works if you said Y to the "DOS FAT fs support" above. Please read
+ the file <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for details. If
+ unsure, say Y.
+
+ To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be called
+ vfat.
+
+config FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE
+ int "Default codepage for FAT"
+ depends on MSDOS_FS || VFAT_FS
+ default 437
+ help
+ This option should be set to the codepage of your FAT filesystems.
+ It can be overridden with the "codepage" mount option.
+ See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.
+
+config FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET
+ string "Default iocharset for FAT"
+ depends on VFAT_FS
+ default "iso8859-1"
+ help
+ Set this to the default input/output character set you'd
+ like FAT to use. It should probably match the character set
+ that most of your FAT filesystems use, and can be overridden
+ with the "iocharset" mount option for FAT filesystems.
+ Note that "utf8" is not recommended for FAT filesystems.
+ If unsure, you shouldn't set "utf8" here.
+ See <file:Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt> for more information.