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MSDOSFS(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual MSDOSFS(4) NAME msdosfs -- MS-DOS (FAT) file system SYNOPSIS options MSDOSFS DESCRIPTION The msdosfs driver will permit the FreeBSD kernel to read and write MS-DOS based file systems. The most common usage follows: mount -t msdosfs /dev/ada0sN /mnt where N is the partition number and /mnt is a mount point. Some users tend to create a /dos directory for msdosfs mount points. This helps to keep better track of the file system, and make it more easily accessible. It is possible to define an entry in /etc/fstab that looks similar to: /dev/ada0sN /dos msdosfs rw 0 0 This will mount an MS-DOS based partition at the /dos mount point during system boot. Using /mnt as a permanent mount point is not advised as its intention has always been to be a temporary mount point for floppy and ZIP disks. See hier(7) for more information on FreeBSD directory layout. EXAMPLES Determine which FAT file system version (e.g, FAT16, FAT32) is a partition formatted with: file -s /dev/da0s1 gpart(8) may also be used to extract this information. SEE ALSO mount(2), unmount(2), fsck_msdosfs(8), mount(8), mount_msdosfs(8), newfs_msdos(8), umount(8) AUTHORS This manual page was written by Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>. FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly September 27, 2018 MSDOSFS(4)
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