1.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man5/msdos.5,v 1.3.2.1 2002/12/30 04:44:44 trhodes Exp $ 2.\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man5/msdos.5,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:37:00 dillon Exp $ 3.\" Written by Tom Rhodes 4.\" This file is in the public domain. 5.\" 6.Dd December 26, 2002 7.Dt MSDOS 5 8.Os 9.Sh NAME 10.Nm msdos 11.Nd msdos file system 12.Sh SYNOPSIS 13.Bd -literal 14/dev/ad0sN /dos msdos rw 0 0 15.Ed 16.Pp 17To link into the kernel: 18.Cd "options MSDOSFS" 19.Pp 20To load as a kernel loadable module: 21.Dl kldload msdos 22.Sh DESCRIPTION 23.Pp 24The 25.Nm 26file system driver will permit the 27.Fx 28kernel to read and write 29.Nm 30based file systems. 31.Pp 32The most common usage follows: 33.Pp 34.Dl "# mount_msdos /dev/ad0sN /dos 35.Pp 36where 37.Sy N 38is the partition number and 39.Pa /mnt 40is a mount point directory in the root file system. 41Some users tend to create a 42.Pa /dos 43directory for 44.Nm 45mount points. 46This helps to keep better track of the file system, 47and make it more easily accessible. 48.Pp 49It is possible to define an entry in 50.Pa /etc/fstab 51that looks similar to: 52.Bd -literal 53/dev/ad0sN /dos msdos rw 0 0 54.Ed 55.Pp 56This will mount an 57.Nm 58based partition at the 59.Pa /dos 60mount point during system boot. 61Using 62.Pa /mnt 63as a permanent mount point is not advised as its intention 64has always been to be a temporary mount point for floppy and 65zip disks. 66See 67.Xr hier 7 68for more information on 69.Fx 70directory layout. 71.Sh SEE ALSO 72.Xr mount 2 , 73.Xr unmount 2 , 74.Xr mount 8 , 75.Xr mount_msdos 8 , 76.Xr umount 8 , 77.Rs 78.%T "The FreeBSD Handbook" 79.%O "http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/" 80.Re 81.Sh AUTHORS 82This manual page was written by 83.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org . 84