mkdosfs

NAME

       mkdosfs - create an MS-DOS file system under Linux

SYNOPSIS

       mkdosfs  [  -c  | -l filename ] [ -f number-of-FATs ] [ -r
       root-dir-entries ] [  -s  sectors-per-cluster  ]  [  -v  ]
       device [ blocks-count ]

DESCRIPTION

       mkdosfs  is  used  to  create  an MS-DOS file system under
       Linux on a device (usually a disk partition).   device  is
       the   special   file  corresponding  to  the  device  (e.g
       /dev/hdXX).  blocks-count is the number of blocks  on  the
       device.  If omitted, mkdosfs automatically determiness the
       file system size.

OPTIONS

       -b block-size
              Specify the size of blocks in bytes.

       -c     Check the device for bad blocks before creating the
              file system.

       -f number-of-FATs
              Specify  the  size of file allocation tables in the
              file system.  The  default  is  2.   Currently  the
              Linux MS-DOS file system does not support more than
              2 FATs.

       -l filename
              Read the bad blocks list from filename

       -r root-dir-entries
              Select the number of entries available in the  root
              directory

       -s sectors-per-cluster
              Specify  the  number  of  disk sectors per cluster.
              Must be a power of 2, ie. 1, 2, 4, 8, ...

       -v     Verbose execution.

BUGS

       None are know at the moment.   If  you  find  any,  please
       report it them the author.

AUTHOR

       Dave Hudson - <dave@humbug.demon.co.uk>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       mkdosfs is based on code from mke2fs (written by Remy Card
       - <card@masi.ibp.fr>) which is itself based on mkfs (writ-
       ten by Linus Torvalds - <torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi>).

SEE ALSO

       dosfsck(8), mkfs(8)