| -N | Do not create a file system: just print out parameters. |
| -B boot |
| | Get bootstrap from file. |
| -F FAT-type |
| | FAT type (one of 12, 16, or 32). |
| -I volid |
| | Volume ID. |
| -L label |
| | Volume label (up to 11 characters). The label should consist of only those characters permitted in regular DOS (8+3) filenames. |
| -O OEM | OEM string (up to 8 characters). The default is ""BSD 4.4"". |
| -S sector-size |
| | Number of bytes per sector. Acceptable values are powers of 2 in the range 128 through 32768. |
| -a FAT-size |
| | Number of sectors per FAT. |
| -b block-size |
| | File system block size (bytes per cluster). This should resolve to an acceptable number of sectors per cluster (see below). |
| -c cluster-size |
| | Sectors per cluster. Acceptable values are powers of 2 in the range 1 through 128. |
| -e dirents |
| | Number of root directory entries (FAT12 and FAT16 only). |
| -f format |
| | Specify a standard (floppy disk) format. The standard formats are (capacities in kilobytes): 160, 180, 320, 360, 640, 720, 1200, 1232, 1440, 2880. |
| -h heads |
| | Number of drive heads. |
| -i info |
| | Location of the file system info sector (FAT32 only). A value of 0xffff signifies no info sector. |
| -k backup |
| | Location of the backup boot sector (FAT32 only). A value of 0xffff signifies no backup sector. |
| -m media |
| | Media descriptor (acceptable range 0xf0 to 0xff). |
| -n FATs |
| | Number of FATs. Acceptable values are 1 to 16 inclusive. The default is 2. |
| -o hidden |
| | Number of hidden sectors. |
| -r reserved |
| | Number of reserved sectors. |
| -s total |
| | File system size. |
| -u track-size |
| | Number of sectors per track. |
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EXAMPLES
newfs_msdos /dev/ad0s1
Create a file system, using default parameters, on /dev/ad0s1.
newfs_msdos -f 1440 -L foo fd0
Create a standard 1.44M file system, with volume label foo, on /dev/fd0.
SEE ALSO
disktab(5), disklabel(8), fdisk(8), newfs(8)
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