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Subject: Re: How To create msdosfs on HD?
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Rod Person wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:29:35 -0300, Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> wrote:
>> I know mount_msdosfs command is used to mount a HD formated with fat, 
>> but I could not find a FBSD command to create a msdos file system on a 
>> hard drive. Native dos fdisk/format is no good because it's not USB 
>> aware. Is there any FBSD command or port I can use to reformat the UFS 
>> hard drive with msdosfs?
>> _______________________________________________
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> Why can't you format it in XP since you connected it to XP?
> 
Because like I say in the first part of post you snipped out that xp 
does not assign a drive letter to it.