NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     msdosfs -- MS-DOS file system

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     options MSDOSFS

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The msdosfs driver will permit the FreeBSD kernel to read and write
     MS-DOS based file systems.

     The most common usage follows:

	   mount_msdosfs /dev/ad0sN /mnt

     where N is the partition number and /mnt is a mount point.  Some users
     tend to create a /dos directory for msdosfs 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    msdosfs	     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 FreeBSD directory layout.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     mount(2), unmount(2), mount(8), mount_msdosfs(8), umount(8)

     The FreeBSD Handbook,
     http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/.

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     This manual page was written by Tom Rhodes <[email protected]>.


FreeBSD 5.2.1		       December 26, 2002		 FreeBSD 5.2.1