Written by Tom Rhodes
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.Dd December 26, 2002 .Dt MSDOS 5 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm msdosfs .Nd msdos file system .Sh SYNOPSIS d -literal /dev/ad0sN /dos msdosfs rw 0 0 .Ed
p To link into the kernel: .Cd "options MSDOSFS" .Sh DESCRIPTION
p The .Nm driver will permit the .Fx kernel to read and write .Em msdos based file systems.
p The most common usage follows:
p .Dl "# mount_msdosfs /dev/ad0sN /dos
p where .Sy N is the partition number and
a /mnt is a mount point directory in the root file system. Some users tend to create a
a /dos directory for .Nm mount points. This helps to keep better track of the file system, and make it more easily accessible.
p It is possible to define an entry in
a /etc/fstab that looks similar to: d -literal /dev/ad0sN /dos msdosfs rw 0 0 .Ed
p This will mount an .Em msdos based partition at the
a /dos mount point during system boot. Using
a /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 .