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[JPTTEST <j-p-t@xxxxxxx>]

Maintainer of kernel FAT code says this is a feature, no bug. Well, then I have to accept this.
Closing Bug.

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Invalid

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Title:
  mount: codepage mapping does not work for msdos fs

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I want to mount a DOS 5.0 partition without messing it up with LFNs.

  According to docs this only works if I use the MSDOS fs instead of
  VFAT.

  But using MSDOS fails converting non ASCII chars.

  If I mount this way:
  mount -t vfat  -o check=strict,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,utf8
  everything is fine:
  ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ  AßLAR   ÄÜÖßÄÜÖ   istdaskürzer  nochlänger
  ABC         ÄÜÖÄÜÖ  äüößÄÜÖ2  longfilename  öööööööööö

  If I mount using MSDOS
  mount -t msdos -o check=strict,codepage=850
  the chars aren't translated at all:
  ls shows garbage:
  ??????  ?????  ??????~1  ??????~1  ?????2  abc  a?lar  istdas~1  longfi~1  nochl?~1

  if piped through less, you can see it delivers the cp850 codes.

  <8E><9A><99><8E><9A><99>
  <8E><9A><99><U+139A><99>
  <99><99><99><99><99><99>~1
  <8E><8E><8E><8E><8E><8E>~1
  <8E><9A><99><U+139A><99>2
  abc
  a<E1>lar
  istdas~1
  longfi~1
  nochl<8E>~1

  Writing filenames directly writes UTF8 codes on the disk (I believe,
  not verified)

  thanks

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