Index: head/share/man/man5/msdosfs.5 =================================================================== --- head/share/man/man5/msdosfs.5 (revision 338957) +++ head/share/man/man5/msdosfs.5 (revision 338958) @@ -1,69 +1,74 @@ .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" Written by Tom Rhodes .\" This file is in the public domain. .\" -.Dd October 1, 2013 +.Dd September 27, 2018 .Dt MSDOSFS 5 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm msdosfs .Nd MS-DOS file system .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "options MSDOSFS" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver will permit the .Fx -kernel to read and write -.Tn MS-DOS -based file systems. +kernel to read and write MS-DOS based file systems. .Pp The most common usage follows: .Pp .Dl "mount -t msdosfs /dev/ada0sN /mnt" .Pp where .Ar N is the partition number and .Pa /mnt is a mount point. 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/ada0sN /dos msdosfs rw 0 0 .Ed .Pp -This will mount an -.Tn MS-DOS -based partition at the +This will mount an MS-DOS 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 EXAMPLES +Determine which FAT file system version (e.g, FAT16, FAT32) +is a partition formatted with: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +file -s /dev/da0s1 +.Ed +.Pp +.Xr gpart 8 +may also be used to extract this information. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr mount 2 , .Xr unmount 2 , .Xr mount 8 , .Xr mount_msdosfs 8 , .Xr umount 8 .Sh AUTHORS This manual page was written by .An Tom Rhodes Aq Mt trhodes@FreeBSD.org .