1.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man5/msdosfs.5,v 1.6 2007/08/22 18:04:08 gabor Exp $ 2.\" Written by Tom Rhodes 3.\" This file is in the public domain. 4.\" 5.Dd October 11, 2007 6.Dt MSDOS 5 7.Os 8.Sh NAME 9.Nm msdos 10.Nd MS-DOS file system 11.Sh SYNOPSIS 12.Bd -literal 13/dev/ad0sN /dos msdos rw 0 0 14.Ed 15.Pp 16To link into the kernel: 17.Cd "options MSDOSFS" 18.Pp 19To load as a kernel loadable module: 20.Dl kldload msdos 21.Sh DESCRIPTION 22The 23.Nm 24driver will permit the 25.Dx 26kernel to read and write 27.Tn MS-DOS 28based file systems. 29.Pp 30The most common usage follows: 31.Pp 32.Dl "mount_msdos /dev/ad0sN /mnt" 33.Pp 34where 35.Ar N 36is the partition number and 37.Pa /mnt 38is a mount point. 39Some users tend to create a 40.Pa /dos 41directory for 42.Nm 43mount points. 44This helps to keep better track of the file system, 45and make it more easily accessible. 46.Pp 47It is possible to define an entry in 48.Pa /etc/fstab 49that looks similar to: 50.Bd -literal 51/dev/ad0sN /dos msdos rw 0 0 52.Ed 53.Pp 54This will mount an 55.Tn MS-DOS 56based partition at the 57.Pa /dos 58mount point during system boot. 59Using 60.Pa /mnt 61as a permanent mount point is not advised as its intention 62has always been to be a temporary mount point for floppy and 63ZIP disks. 64See 65.Xr hier 7 66for more information on 67.Dx 68directory layout. 69.Sh SEE ALSO 70.Xr mount 2 , 71.Xr unmount 2 , 72.Xr mount 8 , 73.Xr mount_msdos 8 , 74.Xr umount 8 75.Sh AUTHORS 76This manual page was written by 77.An Tom Rhodes Aq Mt trhodes@FreeBSD.org . 78