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Subject: Re: newfs_msdos and dvd-ram (fwsectors, fwheads)
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on 03/03/2008 21:46 Andriy Gapon said the following:
> on 21/02/2008 15:27 Poul-Henning Kamp said the following:
>> In message <47BD6F39.7080105@icyb.net.ua>, Andriy Gapon writes:
>>> 2) fake those properties in newfs_msdof;
>>>   benefit: this would help with other physical devices that can host
>>>   FAT;
>> This is the way to do it, but it might make sense to make a library
>> routine do it, to get consistent behaviour.

BTW, the same issue applies to md device too.
I.e. if you would like to create a FAT image in a file, newfs_msdos 
won't let you.

> I opened a PR for this approach in a simple form.
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/121182
> 
> What could be a good place to put thing for re-use/sharing? libutil?

-- 
Andriy Gapon