1.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man5/msdosfs.5,v 1.6 2007/08/22 18:04:08 gabor Exp $ 2.\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man5/msdos.5,v 1.5 2007/10/11 10:22:46 swildner Exp $ 3.\" Written by Tom Rhodes 4.\" This file is in the public domain. 5.\" 6.Dd October 11, 2007 7.Dt MSDOS 5 8.Os 9.Sh NAME 10.Nm msdos 11.Nd MS-DOS 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 23The 24.Nm 25driver will permit the 26.Dx 27kernel to read and write 28.Tn MS-DOS 29based file systems. 30.Pp 31The most common usage follows: 32.Pp 33.Dl "mount_msdos /dev/ad0sN /mnt" 34.Pp 35where 36.Ar N 37is the partition number and 38.Pa /mnt 39is a mount point. 40Some users tend to create a 41.Pa /dos 42directory for 43.Nm 44mount points. 45This helps to keep better track of the file system, 46and make it more easily accessible. 47.Pp 48It is possible to define an entry in 49.Pa /etc/fstab 50that looks similar to: 51.Bd -literal 52/dev/ad0sN /dos msdos rw 0 0 53.Ed 54.Pp 55This will mount an 56.Tn MS-DOS 57based partition at the 58.Pa /dos 59mount point during system boot. 60Using 61.Pa /mnt 62as a permanent mount point is not advised as its intention 63has always been to be a temporary mount point for floppy and 64ZIP disks. 65See 66.Xr hier 7 67for more information on 68.Dx 69directory layout. 70.Sh SEE ALSO 71.Xr mount 2 , 72.Xr unmount 2 , 73.Xr mount 8 , 74.Xr mount_msdos 8 , 75.Xr umount 8 76.Sh AUTHORS 77This manual page was written by 78.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org . 79