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Fixed some FUD (don't blame current msdosfs for old msdosfs+vfs_bio bugs).

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Bruce Evans 1997-12-19 23:03:00 +00:00
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sbin/i386/mount_msdos/mount_msdos.8
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $Id$
.\" $Id: mount_msdos.8,v 1.5 1997/02/22 14:32:29 peter Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 7, 1994
.Dt MOUNT_MSDOS 8
@ -95,25 +95,34 @@ directory on which the file system is being mounted.
The
.Nm msdos
filesystem is not known to work reliably with filesystems created by versions
of MS-DOS later than version 3.3.
of MS-DOS later than version 6.22.
.Pp
The limitations on file names imposed by MS-DOS are strange, at best.
For instance, they are
limited to single-case, 8 character names with 3 character extensions.
.Pp
If you see the warning:
.Fx 2.1
and earlier versions could not handle cluster sizes larger than 16K.
Just mounting an MS-DOS file system could cause corruption to any
mounted file system.
Cluster sizes larger than 16K are unavoidable for file system sizes
larger than 1G, and also occur when filesystems larger than 1G are
shrunk to smaller than 1G using FIPS.
The warning:
.Pp
mountmsdosfs(): Warning: root directory is not a multiple of the clustersize in length
.Pp
then it is possible that writing to the MS-DOS filesystem would
produce corruption on the disk. This is a shortcoming in the code
which needs to be addressed.
is common when the cluster size is large and/or the filesystem has been
shrunk, but it is not directly related to any known problems.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm mount_msdos
utility first appeared in FreeBSD 2.0.
utility first appeared in
.Fx 2.0 .
Its predecessor, the
.Nm mount_pcfs
utility appeared in FreeBSD 1, and was abandoned in favor
utility appeared in
.Fx 1.0 ,
and was abandoned in favor
of the more aptly-named
.Nm mount_msdos .

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sbin/mount_msdos/mount_msdos.8
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $Id$
.\" $Id: mount_msdos.8,v 1.5 1997/02/22 14:32:29 peter Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 7, 1994
.Dt MOUNT_MSDOS 8
@ -95,25 +95,34 @@ directory on which the file system is being mounted.
The
.Nm msdos
filesystem is not known to work reliably with filesystems created by versions
of MS-DOS later than version 3.3.
of MS-DOS later than version 6.22.
.Pp
The limitations on file names imposed by MS-DOS are strange, at best.
For instance, they are
limited to single-case, 8 character names with 3 character extensions.
.Pp
If you see the warning:
.Fx 2.1
and earlier versions could not handle cluster sizes larger than 16K.
Just mounting an MS-DOS file system could cause corruption to any
mounted file system.
Cluster sizes larger than 16K are unavoidable for file system sizes
larger than 1G, and also occur when filesystems larger than 1G are
shrunk to smaller than 1G using FIPS.
The warning:
.Pp
mountmsdosfs(): Warning: root directory is not a multiple of the clustersize in length
.Pp
then it is possible that writing to the MS-DOS filesystem would
produce corruption on the disk. This is a shortcoming in the code
which needs to be addressed.
is common when the cluster size is large and/or the filesystem has been
shrunk, but it is not directly related to any known problems.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm mount_msdos
utility first appeared in FreeBSD 2.0.
utility first appeared in
.Fx 2.0 .
Its predecessor, the
.Nm mount_pcfs
utility appeared in FreeBSD 1, and was abandoned in favor
utility appeared in
.Fx 1.0 ,
and was abandoned in favor
of the more aptly-named
.Nm mount_msdos .

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sbin/mount_msdosfs/mount_msdosfs.8
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $Id$
.\" $Id: mount_msdos.8,v 1.5 1997/02/22 14:32:29 peter Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 7, 1994
.Dt MOUNT_MSDOS 8
@ -95,25 +95,34 @@ directory on which the file system is being mounted.
The
.Nm msdos
filesystem is not known to work reliably with filesystems created by versions
of MS-DOS later than version 3.3.
of MS-DOS later than version 6.22.
.Pp
The limitations on file names imposed by MS-DOS are strange, at best.
For instance, they are
limited to single-case, 8 character names with 3 character extensions.
.Pp
If you see the warning:
.Fx 2.1
and earlier versions could not handle cluster sizes larger than 16K.
Just mounting an MS-DOS file system could cause corruption to any
mounted file system.
Cluster sizes larger than 16K are unavoidable for file system sizes
larger than 1G, and also occur when filesystems larger than 1G are
shrunk to smaller than 1G using FIPS.
The warning:
.Pp
mountmsdosfs(): Warning: root directory is not a multiple of the clustersize in length
.Pp
then it is possible that writing to the MS-DOS filesystem would
produce corruption on the disk. This is a shortcoming in the code
which needs to be addressed.
is common when the cluster size is large and/or the filesystem has been
shrunk, but it is not directly related to any known problems.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm mount_msdos
utility first appeared in FreeBSD 2.0.
utility first appeared in
.Fx 2.0 .
Its predecessor, the
.Nm mount_pcfs
utility appeared in FreeBSD 1, and was abandoned in favor
utility appeared in
.Fx 1.0 ,
and was abandoned in favor
of the more aptly-named
.Nm mount_msdos .