freebsd-skq/sbin/newfs_msdos/newfs_msdos.8
Robert Nordier dc9ef4d1f7 Add newfs_msdos: extensive newfs-style support for creating FAT12,
FAT16, and FAT32 file systems in all their various horriblenesses.

Approved-in-concept by: joerg
1998-07-06 20:01:34 +00:00

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.Dd July 6, 1998
.Dt NEWFS_MSDOS 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm newfs_msdos
.Nd construct a new MS-DOS (FAT) file system
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl N
.Op Fl B Ar boot
.Op Fl F Ar FAT-type
.Op Fl I Ar volid
.Op Fl L Ar label
.Op Fl O Ar OEM
.Op Fl S Ar sector-size
.Op Fl a Ar FAT-size
.Op Fl b Ar block-size
.Op Fl c Ar cluster-size
.Op Fl e Ar dirents
.Op Fl f Ar format
.Op Fl h Ar heads
.Op Fl i Ar info
.Op Fl k Ar backup
.Op Fl m Ar media
.Op Fl n Ar FATs
.Op Fl o Ar hidden
.Op Fl r Ar reserved
.Op Fl s Ar total
.Op Fl u Ar track-size
.Ar special
.Op Ar disktype
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility creates a FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32 file system on device
.Ar special ,
using
.Xr disktab 5
entry
.Ar disktype
to determine geometry, if required.
.Pp
The options are as follow:
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Fl N
Don't create a file system: just print out parameters.
.It Fl B Ar boot
Get bootstrap from file.
.It Fl F Ar FAT-type
FAT type (one of 12, 16, or 32).
.It Fl I Ar volid
Volume ID.
.It Fl L Ar label
Volume label (up to 11 characters). The label should consist of
only those characters permitted in regular DOS (8+3) filenames.
.It Fl O Ar OEM
OEM string (up to 8 characters). The default is
"BSD 4.4".
.It Fl S Ar sector-size
Number of bytes per sector. Acceptable values are powers of 2
in the range 128 through 32768.
.It Fl a Ar FAT-size
Number of sectors per FAT.
.It Fl b Ar block-size.
File system block size (bytes per cluster). This should resolve to an
acceptable number of sectors per cluster (see below).
.It Fl c Ar cluster-size
Sectors per cluster. Acceptable values are powers of 2 in the range
1 through 128.
.It Fl e Ar dirents
Number of root directory entries (FAT12 and FAT16 only).
.It Fl f Ar format
Specify a standard (floppy disk) format. The eight standard formats
are (capacities in kilobytes): 160, 180, 320, 360, 720, 1200, 1440,
2880.
.It Fl h Ar heads
Number of drive heads.
.It Fl i Ar info
Location of the file system info sector (FAT32 only).
A value of 0xffff signifies no info sector.
.It Fl k Ar backup
Location of the backup boot sector (FAT32 only). A value
of 0xffff signifies no backup sector.
.It Fl m Ar media
Media descriptor (acceptable range 0xf0 to 0xff).
.It Fl n Ar FATs
Number of FATs. Acceptable values are 1 to 16 inclusive. The default
is 2.
.It Fl o Ar hidden
Number of hidden sectors.
.It Fl r Ar reserved
Number of reserved sectors.
.It Fl s Ar total
File system size.
.It Fl u Ar track-size
Number of sectors per track.
.El
.Sh NOTES
FAT file system parameters occupy a "Boot Sector BPB (BIOS Parameter
Block)" in the first of the "reserved" sectors which precede the actual
file system. For reference purposes, this structure is presented
below.
.Bd -literal
struct bsbpb {
u_int16_t bps; /* [-S] bytes per sector */
u_int8_t spc; /* [-c] sectors per cluster */
u_int16_t res; /* [-r] reserved sectors */
u_int8_t nft; /* [-n] number of FATs */
u_int16_t rde; /* [-e] root directory entries */
u_int16_t sec; /* [-s] total sectors */
u_int8_t mid; /* [-m] media descriptor */
u_int16_t spf; /* [-a] sectors per FAT */
u_int16_t spt; /* [-u] sectors per track */
u_int16_t hds; /* [-h] drive heads */
u_int32_t hid; /* [-o] hidden sectors */
u_int32_t bsec; /* [-s] big total sectors */
};
/* FAT32 extensions */
struct bsxbpb {
u_int32_t bspf; /* [-a] big sectors per FAT */
u_int16_t xflg; /* control flags */
u_int16_t vers; /* file system version */
u_int32_t rdcl; /* root directory start cluster */
u_int16_t infs; /* [-i] file system info sector */
u_int16_t bkbs; /* [-k] backup boot sector */
};
.Ed
.Sh EXAMPLES
newfs_msdos /dev/rwd0s1
Create a file system, using default parameters, on /dev/rwd0s1.
newfs_msdos -f 1440 -L foo fd0
Create a standard 1.44M file system, with volume label "foo", on
/dev/rfd0.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr disklabel 8 ,
.Xr disktab 5 ,
.Xr fdisk 8 ,
.Xr newfs 8
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status is 0 on success and 1 on error.
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Robert Nordier Aq rnordier@FreeBSD.ORG .