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From: "Andrew Spott" <andrew.spott@gmail.com>
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Subject: making a vfat file system?
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I'd like to make a vfat filesystem out of a external hdd I just
bought.  However, I can't seem to figure out how to do it.

I odn't know what port to install to get the mkfs.vfat program.

any ideas?

-Andrew