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Add a note about the default media types and a simple reminder to keep

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individules from asking a question which may result in the following answer:

"Hi, please do not run a newfs utility on a file system if there
is still data on it you would like to keep."

PR:		56894
Submitted by:	Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org> (original version)
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@ -138,6 +138,23 @@ entry), creates the file system and mounts the new file system on /mnt.
.Dl "newfs_msdos /dev/da0"
.Pp
Create a new FAT type file system.
Care should be taken not to run
.Xr newfs 8
on devices that already contain data, as this will result in the
information being lost.
.Pp
Many consumer devices such as digital cameras automatically create
.Tn MS-DOS
based file systems when storing information such as images and
videos.
These file systems can be accessed by specifying the file system
type as
.Nm msdos
when using
.Xr mount 8 .
.Pp
.D1 mount -t msdos /dev/da0c /mnt
.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ohci 4 ,
.Xr uhci 4 ,