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diff --git a/share/man/man5/msdosfs.5 b/share/man/man5/msdosfs.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..826e1c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man5/msdosfs.5 @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" Written by Tom Rhodes +.\" This file is in the public domain. +.\" +.Dd December 26, 2002 +.Dt MSDOS 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm msdosfs +.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" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver will permit the +.Fx +kernel to read and write +.Em msdos +based file systems. +.Pp +The most common usage follows: +.Pp +.Dl "# mount_msdosfs /dev/ad0sN /dos +.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 +.Em msdos +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_msdosfs 8 , +.Xr umount 8 , +.Rs +.%T "The FreeBSD Handbook" +.%O "http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/" +.Re +.Sh AUTHORS +This manual page was written by +.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org . |
