Making CompactFlash user-owned partition/directory

From: Charlie Zender (zender_at_uci.edu)
Date: 10/31/04

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    Hi,

    I am running a fully update Debian Sid linux with 2.6.7 kernel.
    I am mounting a CompactFlash partition through my PCMCIA adaptor as

    root@elnino:~# mount -t vfat -o umask=022 /dev/hde1 /cf

    The umask allows users to read and write to the /cf partition.
    However, I cannot figure out how to create user-owned directories.

    root@elnino:/cf# ls -ld /cf
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 Oct 31 11:09 /cf
    root@elnino:/cf# mkdir /cf/zender
    root@elnino:/cf# chown zender zender
    chown: changing ownership of `zender': Operation not permitted
    root@elnino:/cf# ls -ld zender
    drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 Oct 31 11:09 zender

    zender is a valid user account on this machine,
    why can't root changed ownership of zender directory to zender?

    Is there a mount option that I need to set?
    While I'm at it, how do I enable a user to mount and own the
    whole /cf partition?

    Any help appreciated,
    Charlie 

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