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author | JinWang An <jinwang.an@samsung.com> | 2022-12-26 13:14:06 +0900 |
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committer | JinWang An <jinwang.an@samsung.com> | 2022-12-26 13:14:06 +0900 |
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diff --git a/manpages/en/mkfs.fat.8 b/manpages/en/mkfs.fat.8 index 1df5a3d..6e807e1 100644 --- a/manpages/en/mkfs.fat.8 +++ b/manpages/en/mkfs.fat.8 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ .\" can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3 file. .\" .\" -.TH MKFS.FAT 8 2013\-07\-16 3.0.21 "dosfstools" +.TH MKFS.FAT 8 2013\-07\-19 3.0.22 "dosfstools" .SH NAME .B mkfs.fat \- create an MS-DOS filesystem under Linux @@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ .I logical-sector-size ] [ +.B \-D +.I drive-number +] +[ +.B \-M +.I FAT-media-type +] +[ .B \-v ] .I device @@ -150,6 +158,11 @@ be stored on the disk, but the file nevertheless will have the correct size. The resulting file can be copied later to a floppy disk or other device, or mounted through a loop device. .TP +.BI \-D " drive-number" +Specify the BIOS drive number to be stored in the FAT boot sector. +This value is usually 0x80 for hard disks and 0x00 for floppy devices +or partitions to be used for floppy emulation. +.TP .BI \-f " number-of-FATs" Specify the number of file allocation tables in the filesystem. The default is 2. Currently the Linux MS-DOS filesystem does not support @@ -163,8 +176,7 @@ between 12, 16 and 32 bit, whatever fits better for the filesystem size. .BI \-h " number-of-hidden-sectors " Select the number of hidden sectors in the volume. Apparently some digital cameras get indigestion if you feed them a CF card without -such hidden sectors, this option allows you to satisfy them. Assumes -\'0\' if no value is given on the command line. +such hidden sectors, this option allows you to satisfy them. .TP .I \-i " volume-id" Sets the volume ID of the newly created filesystem; @@ -196,6 +208,11 @@ file must not exceed 418 bytes once line feeds have been converted to carriage return-line feed combinations, and tabs have been expanded. If the filename is a hyphen (-), the text is taken from standard input. .TP +.BI \-M " FAT-media-type" +Specify the media type to be stored in the FAT boot sector. +This value is usually 0xF8 for hard disks and has a value from 0xF9 +to 0xFF for floppies or partitions to be used for floppy emulation. +.TP .BI \-n " volume-name" Sets the volume name (label) of the filesystem. The volume name can be up to 11 characters long. The default is no label. |