Re: [SLE] formating a partition in linux to vfat (fat32)

8 Sep 2001


      On 7 Sep 2001, Matt wrote:
...
Quick question.
mke2fs -cv /dev/<hdX>
formats a partition to ex2t
How do you format a partition to vfat (FAT32)
in linux ?
Without reverting to DOS
mkdosfs /dev/<hdX>.  When you mount it, however, make sure you 
specify 'vfat' and not 'msdos' as the fs type.
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