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.I block-count
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is the number of blocks on the device. If omitted,
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.B mkdosfs
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-automatically determiness the file system size.
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+automatically determines the file system size.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-A
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-Use Atari variation of the MS-DOS filesystem. This is default if
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+Use Atari variation of the MS-DOS file system. This is default if
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\fBmkdosfs\fP is run on an Atari, then this option turns off Atari
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format. There are some differences when using Atari format: If not
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directed otherwise by the user, \fBmkdosfs\fP will always use 2
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sectors per cluster, since GEMDOS doesn't like other values very much.
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It will also obey the maximum number of sectors GEMDOS can handle.
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-Larger filesystems are managed by raising the logical sector size.
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+Larger file systems are managed by raising the logical sector size.
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Under Atari format, an Atari-compatible serial number for the
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-filesystem is generated, and a 12 bit FAT is used only for filesystems
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+file system is generated, and a 12 bit FAT is used only for file systems
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that have one of the usual floppy sizes (720k, 1.2M, 1.44M, 2.88M), a
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16 bit FAT otherwise. This can be overridden with the \fB\-F\fP
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option. Some PC-specific boot sector fields aren't written, and a boot
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@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ more than 2 FATs.
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.BI \-F " FAT-size"
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Specifies the type of file allocation tables used (12, 16 or 32 bit).
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If nothing is specified, \fBmkdosfs\fR will automatically select
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-between 12 and 16 bit, whatever fits better for the filesystem size.
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+between 12 and 16 bit, whatever fits better for the file system size.
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32 bit FAT (FAT32 format) must (still) be selected explicitly if you
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want it.
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.TP
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@@ -137,17 +137,17 @@ such hidden sectors, this option allows you to satisfy them. Assumes
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\'0\' if no value is given on the command line.
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.TP
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.I \-i " volume-id"
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-Sets the volume ID of the newly created filesystem;
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+Sets the volume ID of the newly created file system;
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.I volume-id
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is a 32-bit hexadecimal number (for example, 2e24ec82). The default
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-is a number which depends on the filesystem creation time.
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+is a number which depends on the file system creation time.
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.TP
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.B \-I
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Normally you are not allowed to use any 'full' fixed disk devices.
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.B mkdosfs
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will complain and tell you that it refuses to work. This is different
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-when usind MO disks. One doesn't always need partitions on MO disks.
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-The filesytem can go directly to the whole disk. Under other OSes
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+when using MO disks. One doesn't always need partitions on MO disks.
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+The file system can go directly to the whole disk. Under other OSes
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this is known as the 'superfloppy' format.
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This switch will force
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@@ -159,14 +159,14 @@ Read the bad blocks list from
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.IR filename .
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.TP
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.BI \-m " message-file"
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-Sets the message the user receives on attempts to boot this filesystem
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+Sets the message the user receives on attempts to boot this file system
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without having properly installed an operating system. The message
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file must not exceed 418 bytes once line feeds have been converted to
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carriage return-line feed combinations, and tabs have been expanded.
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If the filename is a hyphen (-), the text is taken from standard input.
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.TP
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.BI \-n " volume-name"
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-Sets the volume name (label) of the filesystem. The volume name can
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+Sets the volume name (label) of the file system. The volume name can
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be up to 11 characters long. The default is no label.
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.TP
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.BI \-r " root-dir-entries"
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@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ Select the number of entries available in the root directory. The
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default is 112 or 224 for floppies and 512 for hard disks.
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.TP
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.BI \-R " number-of-reserved-sectors "
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-Select the number of reserved sectos. With FAT32 format at least 2
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+Select the number of reserved sectors. With FAT32 format at least 2
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reserved sectors are needed, the default is 32. Otherwise the default
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is 1 (only the boot sector).
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.TP
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@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ and greater than or equal to 512, i.e. 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192,
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Verbose execution.
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.SH BUGS
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.B mkdosfs
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-can not create bootable filesystems. This isn't as easy as you might
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+can not create boot-able file systems. This isn't as easy as you might
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think at first glance for various reasons and has been discussed a lot
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already.
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.B mkdosfs
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@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ simply will not support it ;)
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Dave Hudson - <dave@humbug.demon.co.uk>; modified by Peter Anvin
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<hpa@yggdrasil.com>. Fixes and additions by Roman Hodek
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<roman@hodek.net> for Debian/GNU Linux.
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-.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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+.SH ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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.B mkdosfs
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is based on code from
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.BR mke2fs
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