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2 .\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man5/msdos.5,v 1.5 2007/10/11 10:22:46 swildner Exp $
3 .\" Written by Tom Rhodes
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11 .Nd MS-DOS file system
14 /dev/ad0sN /dos msdos rw 0 0
17 To link into the kernel:
20 To load as a kernel loadable module:
25 driver will permit the
27 kernel to read and write
31 The most common usage follows:
33 .Dl "mount_msdos /dev/ad0sN /mnt"
37 is the partition number and
40 Some users tend to create a
45 This helps to keep better track of the file system,
46 and make it more easily accessible.
48 It is possible to define an entry in
50 that looks similar to:
52 /dev/ad0sN /dos msdos rw 0 0
57 based partition at the
59 mount point during system boot.
62 as a permanent mount point is not advised as its intention
63 has always been to be a temporary mount point for floppy and
67 for more information on
77 This manual page was written by
78 .An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org .