From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 6 15:49:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A657C16A4E1 for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 15:49:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1274C43D64 for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 15:49:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.pc (host5.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.229]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.7/8.13.7/Debian-1) with ESMTP id k66FnKM6017458 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 6 Jul 2006 18:49:21 +0300 Received: from gothmog.pc (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.pc (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k66FnDtE038706; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 18:49:15 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.pc (8.13.7/8.13.7/Submit) id k66FnCU5038705; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 18:49:12 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 18:49:12 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Didier Tickell Message-ID: <20060706154912.GA38680@gothmog.pc> References: <1cbf90c73f8cb20774da1e4453695227@tickell.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1cbf90c73f8cb20774da1e4453695227@tickell.co.uk> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-3.611, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.79, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newfs_msdos - is their an equivalent app with GUI ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:49:43 -0000 On 2006-07-06 16:46, Didier Tickell wrote: > Hi > > I'm so un-terminal savy - Is there an app with a GUI that does FAT > formatting on macs, like the newfs_msdos command you made ? > > Thanks for your time > frustrated person... The solution to this problem is not, of course, to start slapping GUI wrappers around newfs_msdos, but to read about newfs_msdos and become acquainted with its options. You don't *have* to be ``un-terminal savy'', whatever that means. Have you tried firing up a terminal, and typing: % man newfs_msdos The manpages are a huge wealth of information, and there are so many tools that have neat command-line options that it would be a terrible waste to miss them all because you didn't check the manpages :)