Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 11.3

Chapter 5. File Systems and Disk Management

dosfstools-4.2

Introduction to dosfstools

The dosfstools package contains various utilities for use with the FAT family of file systems.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 11.3 platform.

Package Information

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/dosfstools

Kernel Configuration

Enable the following option in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel: 

File systems --->
  <DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems --->
    <*/M> MSDOS fs support             [CONFIG_MSDOS_FS]
    <*/M> VFAT (Windows-95) fs support [CONFIG_VFAT_FS]

Installation of dosfstools

Install dosfstools by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr            \
            --enable-compat-symlinks \
            --mandir=/usr/share/man  \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/dosfstools-4.2 &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--enable-compat-symlinks: This switch creates the dosfsck, dosfslabel, fsck.msdos, fsck.vfat, mkdosfs, mkfs.msdos, and mkfs.vfat symlinks required by some programs.

Contents

Installed Programs: fatlabel, fsck.fat, and mkfs.fat

Short Descriptions

fatlabel

sets or gets a MS-DOS filesystem label from a given device

fsck.fat

checks and repairs MS-DOS filesystems

mkfs.fat

creates an MS-DOS filesystem under Linux