From 5ecaf23ec84e1e1eb304f739816d51e422ca2dfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: trhodes Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 02:44:47 +0000 Subject: Add a note about the default media types and a simple reminder to keep individules from asking a question which may result in the following answer: "Hi, please do not run a newfs utility on a file system if there is still data on it you would like to keep." PR: 56894 Submitted by: Marc Silver (original version) --- share/man/man4/umass.4 | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) (limited to 'share') diff --git a/share/man/man4/umass.4 b/share/man/man4/umass.4 index dd07fe7..9bce59b 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/umass.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/umass.4 @@ -138,6 +138,23 @@ entry), creates the file system and mounts the new file system on /mnt. .Dl "newfs_msdos /dev/da0" .Pp Create a new FAT type file system. +Care should be taken not to run +.Xr newfs 8 +on devices that already contain data, as this will result in the +information being lost. +.Pp +Many consumer devices such as digital cameras automatically create +.Tn MS-DOS +based file systems when storing information such as images and +videos. +These file systems can be accessed by specifying the file system +type as +.Nm msdos +when using +.Xr mount 8 . +.Pp +.D1 mount -t msdos /dev/da0c /mnt +.Pp .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ohci 4 , .Xr uhci 4 , -- cgit v1.1