Tip 35: Reading a foreign file system

File systems are defined in the kernel. The kernel supports many file systems, but they need to be compiled in, or compiled as a module. When you compile a file system in the kernel, all you need to do is use mount with the -t option and the right file system type.

If you have compiled a driver for a file system as a module, then you need to load the module first.

Here are a few of the available file systems:

·                     msdos: This is the FAT file system used by DOS.

·                     vfat: This is the FAT32 file system used by Windows 95 and Windows 98.

·                     ext2: This is the default Linux file system.

·                     iso9660: This is the default CD-ROM format.