Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 00:31:19 +0000 (GMT) From: free bsd <freebsd@epita.fr> To: oryx@chaos.ao.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: need some tools Message-ID: <199908130000.AAA19642@hermes.epita.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990812112147.1715A-100000@chaos.ao.net> from "oryx@chaos.ao.net" at Aug 12, 1999 11:46:26 AM
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when i use newfs_msdos, it doesn't work: newfs_msdos: Cannot determine size: (-f size) but with -f the more we can do it a partition of 1440 KB, but i would like to do bigger. thanks. According to oryx@chaos.ao.net: > > > Greetings, > > You can create a fat16 partition using FreeBSD's fdisk command > (man fdisk). After you have created the fat16 partition, you can format > it's file system with the newfs_msdos command (man newfs_msdos). > > There are a few types of FAT16 partitions. > > If the FAT16 partition is <=32MB, the partition type is 4. > If the FAT16 partition is above 32MB, the partition type is 6. > > After you format the partition, you can mount it with mount -t msdos (man > mount). > > Good luck! > > In the future, please send questions of this nature to > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Thanks, > Oryx > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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