You can mount a Japanese FAT file system via "mount_jamsdos" command. Be sure that "msdos_ja.ko" is already dynamically linked into the kernal before you type "mount_jamsdos" (see kldstat(8)). The author is Toshihiko Arai . WWW: http://www.linkclub.or.jp/~clover/msdosfs.html - R. Imura