From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 9 03:30:01 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 E6AB316A420 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 03:30:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D5FB43D46 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 03:30:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.13.1/8.13.4) id k293U0ws040877; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 21:30:00 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 21:30:00 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: Andrew Spott Message-ID: <20060309032959.GB24511@dan.emsphone.com> References: <4ef61ea20603081855s646f6eb4y7371193c7434404f@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4ef61ea20603081855s646f6eb4y7371193c7434404f@mail.gmail.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.5-PRERELEASE X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: making a vfat file system? 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, 09 Mar 2006 03:30:02 -0000 In the last episode (Mar 08), Andrew Spott said: > 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. I think you want /sbin/newfs_msdos -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com