fstab mount of vfat partition: converts all directories to lowercase

[melonakos]

Hello,

I have the following line in my /etc/fstab file which properly mounts my vfat partition. However, in the mount, it automatically converts all uppercase directory and filename to lowercase. How can I disable this? It reeks havoc with things like 'CVS' directories, which become 'cvs'.

/dev/sda5 /data vfat umask=0000,dmask=0000,uid=500,gid=500 0 0

I've already tried the following, which was unsuccessful:

/dev/sda5 /data vfat umask=0000,dmask=0000,uid=500,gid=500,map=off 0 0

Thanks,

John

[Seve]

Hello:
Seems odd behaviour ?
Try this for your entry in your /etc/fstab
/dev/sda5 /data vfat users,defaults,umask=000 0 0

This is how I mount 2 different vfat partitions which were created a long time ago and no changes are made to any directories.

Seve

[Figment]

I have the same problem. The line in fstab is
/dev/hda3 /mnt/data vfat defaults,umask=0000 0 0
and it has trouble with capitalization. However, it is not that everything becomes lowercase, it is only when ALL the letters in the name are supposed to be uppercase that it becomes all lowercase. For instance, "Calculus" stays the same, but "CVS" becomes "cvs". Weird.

[melonakos]

Originally Posted by Seve

Hello:
Seems odd behaviour ?
Try this for your entry in your /etc/fstab
/dev/sda5 /data vfat users,defaults,umask=000 0 0

This is how I mount 2 different vfat partitions which were created a long time ago and no changes are made to any directories.

Seve

This did not fix the problem for me :<

[melonakos]

Originally Posted by Figment

I have the same problem. The line in fstab is
/dev/hda3 /mnt/data vfat defaults,umask=0000 0 0
and it has trouble with capitalization. However, it is not that everything becomes lowercase, it is only when ALL the letters in the name are supposed to be uppercase that it becomes all lowercase. For instance, "Calculus" stays the same, but "CVS" becomes "cvs". Weird.

Yes, that is exactly the behavior that I see....

[Seve]

Hello:
Just for kicks I tried to create a folder named CVS and ..... it somehow became cvs ???
Never notice this behaviour before ?

Time for filing a bug me thinks ?


Seve

[Seve]

Hello:
Upon a little research.....to correct this issue use the following in your /etc/fstab file
/dev/sda5 /data vfat users,defaults,utf8,umask=000 0 0

Seve

[Figment]

I tried that before. It doesn't seem to have any effect for me. Still lowercase.

[Seve]

Originally Posted by Figment

I tried that before. It doesn't seem to have any effect for me. Still lowercase.

Hello:
Yes, you are correct and I spoke too soon, as I rebooted and everything was lower case again ?

Very odd ??

Seve

[melonakos]

Has anyone yet found a solution to this bug? If not, has anyone submitted it as a bug to FC6 people?
-John

[lmo]

Vfat uppercase and lowercase names is done by an option added to the mount commandline:

 -o shortname=mixed

Example:

mount /dev/hda5 /winderz -o shortname=mixed

fstab Example:

/dev/hde5		/windows		vfat	noauto,shortname=mixed 0 0

The default is pain-in-neck all lowercase

[Figment]

That seems to have done the trick. Many thanks.

[Figment]

Is there a way to make this work with volumes that aren't in the fstab, for example automounting flash drives?

[Seve]

Hello:
The proper way to fix it, which was not mentioned in this thread is to follow the instructions on this post.
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...d.php?t=165767

Seve