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Date:      Thu, 12 Sep 2013 23:51:37 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Gary Aitken <ah@dreamchaser.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: initialize msdosfs on memory stick?
Message-ID:  <20130912235137.186fb207.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <5232348E.4070607@dreamchaser.org>
References:  <5232348E.4070607@dreamchaser.org>

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On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:39:26 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
> I can't seem to find how to do this in the handbook or man pages.
> I need to initialize a usb memory stick with an msdos file system.
> Is it possible, or do I have to find a windoze system?

It is possible. The OS provides the newfs_msdos tool.
There is no need to deal with "Windows" for this task.


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Polytropon
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