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author | trhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-27 03:17:02 +0000 |
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committer | trhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-12-27 03:17:02 +0000 |
commit | 04bc8355a58c220a303a5f2fc47f5b0bfe119af4 (patch) | |
tree | 6d2f76e525f79f8bbbb09e2e68d89d06fa54b648 /share | |
parent | 16cc24455b991546fb087d4a1d3f0f1f61ba9f82 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-04bc8355a58c220a303a5f2fc47f5b0bfe119af4.zip FreeBSD-src-04bc8355a58c220a303a5f2fc47f5b0bfe119af4.tar.gz |
Add a manual page for msdosfs (msdos.5) and connect it to the build.
Quick review by: chris (older version)
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/Makefile | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/msdos.5 | 82 |
2 files changed, 83 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/Makefile b/share/man/man5/Makefile index 7588dac..4761520 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man5/Makefile @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MAN= a.out.5 acct.5 core.5 devfs.5 device.hints.5 \ elf.5 ethers.5 fbtab.5 fdescfs.5 forward.5 fs.5 fstab.5 group.5 \ hesiod.conf.5 \ hosts.5 hosts.equiv.5 hosts.lpd.5 intro.5 link.5 \ - linprocfs.5 mailer.conf.5 make.conf.5 moduli.5 motd.5 networks.5 \ + linprocfs.5 mailer.conf.5 make.conf.5 moduli.5 motd.5 msdos.5 networks.5 \ nsswitch.conf.5 \ passwd.5 pbm.5 periodic.conf.5 \ phones.5 procfs.5 protocols.5 quota.user.5 \ diff --git a/share/man/man5/msdos.5 b/share/man/man5/msdos.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d0bea0d --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man5/msdos.5 @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" Written by Tom Rhodes +.\" This file is in the public domain. +.\" +.Dd December 26, 2002 +.Dt MSDOS 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm msdos +.Nd msdos file system +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Bd -literal +/dev/ad0sN /dos msdos rw 0 0 +.Ed +.Pp +To link into the kernel: +.Cd "options MSDOSFS" +.Pp +To load as a kernel loadable module: +.Dl kldload msdosfs +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Pp +The +.Nm +file system driver will permit the +.Fx +kernel to read and write +.Nm +based file systems. +.Pp +The most common usage follows: +.Pp +.Dl "# mount_msdos /dev/ad0sN +.Pp +where +.Sy N +is the partition number and +.Pa /mnt +is a mount point directory in the root file system. +Some users tend to create a +.Pa /dos +directory for +.Nm +mount points. +This helps to keep better track of the file system, +and make it more easily accessible. +.Pp +It is possible to define an entry in +.Pa /etc/fstab +that looks similar to: +.Bd -literal +/dev/ad0sN /dos msdos rw 0 0 +.Ed +.Pp +This will mount an +.Nm +based partition at the +.Pa /dos +mount point during system boot. +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. +See +.Xr hier 7 +for more information on +.Fx +directory layout. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mount 2 , +.Xr unmount 2 , +.Xr mount 8 , +.Xr mount_msdos 8 , +.Xr umount 8 , +.Rs +.%T "The FreeBSD Handbook" +.%O "http://www.freebsd.org/doc" +.Re +.Sh AUTHORS +This manual page was written by +.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org . |