I suspect most users encountering this issue would be perfectly happy to
have a manual process by which they would select the codepage, and not
have it be default behaviour.  The current state of the dosfsck tool is
such that a user with a DBCS encoded FAT filesystem cannot install
Ubuntu in a dual-boot configuration solely from the install CD: they
must first repartition their drive using a separate DBCS-aware tool.
For those with only one disk and OEM-provided "restore" CDs that do not
provide a safe partitioning tool, this requires additional arrangements,
such as removal of the drive for installation in another system, or
purchase of dedicated partition management software.

Additionally, users are currently instructed to provide a codepage
parameter in /etc/fstab when automounting FAT partitions (issues with
specification of the codepage for other means of mounting the drives are
similar, but unrelated bugs), as otherwise the filenames may be garbage
characters, and unsuitable for use.

On the other hand, adjusting dosfsck to work on the structure directly,
and leave the filenames alone would also work, although it would be
unable to detect issues that may cause the filesystem to be unusable in
other operating systems due to invalid filenames (although the native
filesystem checker could be expected to resolve this if it occurs).

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Problem in FSCK checking Chinese filename (Big5)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/49217
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