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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2003-02-24 22:53:26 +0000
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@@ -7,33 +7,27 @@
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm msdosfs
-.Nd msdos file system
+.Nd MS-DOS file system
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Bd -literal
-/dev/ad0sN /dos msdosfs rw 0 0
-.Ed
-.Pp
-To link into the kernel:
.Cd "options MSDOSFS"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Pp
The
.Nm
driver will permit the
.Fx
kernel to read and write
-.Em msdos
+.Tn MS-DOS
based file systems.
.Pp
The most common usage follows:
.Pp
-.Dl "# mount_msdosfs /dev/ad0sN /dos
+.Dl "mount_msdosfs /dev/ad0sN /mnt"
.Pp
where
-.Sy N
+.Ar N
is the partition number and
.Pa /mnt
-is a mount point directory in the root file system.
+is a mount point.
Some users tend to create a
.Pa /dos
directory for
@@ -50,7 +44,7 @@ that looks similar to:
.Ed
.Pp
This will mount an
-.Em msdos
+.Tn MS-DOS
based partition at the
.Pa /dos
mount point during system boot.
@@ -58,7 +52,7 @@ Using
.Pa /mnt
as a permanent mount point is not advised as its intention
has always been to be a temporary mount point for floppy and
-zip disks.
+ZIP disks.
See
.Xr hier 7
for more information on
@@ -69,7 +63,7 @@ directory layout.
.Xr unmount 2 ,
.Xr mount 8 ,
.Xr mount_msdosfs 8 ,
-.Xr umount 8 ,
+.Xr umount 8
.Rs
.%T "The FreeBSD Handbook"
.%O "http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/"
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