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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\" Written by Tom Rhodes
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.\" This file is in the public domain.
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.Dd September 27, 2018
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.Dt MSDOSFS 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm msdosfs
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.Nd MS-DOS file system
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Cd "options MSDOSFS"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver will permit the
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.Fx
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kernel to read and write MS-DOS based file systems.
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.Pp
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The most common usage follows:
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.Pp
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.Dl "mount -t msdosfs /dev/ada0sN /mnt"
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.Pp
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where
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.Ar N
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is the partition number and
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.Pa /mnt
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is a mount point.
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Some users tend to create a
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.Pa /dos
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directory for
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.Nm
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mount points.
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This helps to keep better track of the file system,
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and make it more easily accessible.
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.Pp
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It is possible to define an entry in
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.Pa /etc/fstab
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that looks similar to:
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.Bd -literal
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/dev/ada0sN /dos msdosfs rw 0 0
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.Ed
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.Pp
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This will mount an MS-DOS based partition at the
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.Pa /dos
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mount point during system boot.
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Using
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.Pa /mnt
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as a permanent mount point is not advised as its intention
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has always been to be a temporary mount point for floppy and
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ZIP disks.
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See
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.Xr hier 7
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for more information on
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.Fx
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directory layout.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Determine which FAT file system version (e.g, FAT16, FAT32)
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is a partition formatted with:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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file -s /dev/da0s1
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.Ed
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.Pp
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.Xr gpart 8
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may also be used to extract this information.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr mount 2 ,
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.Xr unmount 2 ,
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.Xr mount 8 ,
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.Xr mount_msdosfs 8 ,
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.Xr umount 8
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.Sh AUTHORS
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This manual page was written by
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.An Tom Rhodes Aq Mt trhodes@FreeBSD.org .
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