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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

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