Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 19:59:49 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newmsdosfs anyone ? Message-ID: <199803201759.TAA02445@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <199803200921.KAA04297@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> from Luigi Rizzo at "Mar 20, 98 10:21:47 am"
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Luigi Rizzo wrote: > Hi, > > i am in the need of creating a formatted MSDOS filesystem on >512MB > disks from FreeBSD. > > One option i used was mtools but only for small disks, and i am not > sure how it works with larger disks. In any case, i was wondering if > there is some smaller code doing only the formatting part of the work... > > thanks > luigi The latest mtools works pretty well for large disks. I have a revised mkdosfs (the current FreeBSD one only does floppies) which I've been meaning to polish and submit, anyway. This handles FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32. If you want to review/test it, I can send it to you by the end of next week. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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