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MSDOS(5)                 DragonFly File Formats Manual                MSDOS(5)

NAME
     msdos -- MS-DOS file system

SYNOPSIS
     /dev/ad0sN              /dos    msdos   rw      0       0

     To link into the kernel:
     options MSDOSFS

     To load as a kernel loadable module:
           kldload msdos

DESCRIPTION
     The msdos driver will permit the DragonFly kernel to read and write
     MS-DOS based file systems.

     The most common usage follows:

           mount_msdos /dev/ad0sN /mnt

     where N is the partition number and /mnt is a mount point.  Some users
     tend to create a /dos directory for msdos mount points.  This helps to
     keep better track of the file system, and make it more easily accessible.

     It is possible to define an entry in /etc/fstab that looks similar to:

     /dev/ad0sN              /dos    msdos   rw      0       0

     This will mount an MS-DOS based partition at the /dos mount point during
     system boot.  Using /mnt as a permanent mount point is not advised as its
     intention has always been to be a temporary mount point for floppy and
     ZIP disks.  See hier(7) for more information on DragonFly directory lay-
     out.

SEE ALSO
     mount(2), unmount(2), mount(8), mount_msdos(8), umount(8)

AUTHORS
     This manual page was written by Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>.

DragonFly 3.5                  October 11, 2007                  DragonFly 3.5