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Installed Programs:
fatlabel, fsck.fat, and mkfs.fat
Introduction to dosfstools
The dosfstools package contains various utilities for use with the FAT family of file systems.
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Note
This version of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable version of the System V books.
Package Information
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Download (HTTP): https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/releases/download/v4.2/dosfstools-4.2.tar.gz
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Download MD5 sum: 49c8e457327dc61efab5b115a27b087a
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Download size: 314 KB
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Estimated disk space required: 4.5 MB (with tests)
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Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU
Kernel Configuration
Enable the following option in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if you need to mount a FAT-family filesystem:
File systems ---> DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems ---> < /*/M> MSDOS fs support [MSDOS_FS] <*/M> VFAT (Windows-95) fs support [VFAT_FS]
Note that CONFIG_MSDOS_FS deliberately
does not support long file names. CONFIG_VFAT_FS should be used instead unless you
really want to enforce the DOS-style “8.3” file names.
You can mount a FAT-family filesystem once the kernel supports it. If you don't need to create, check, or relabel a FAT-family system, you may skip this package.
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
To test the results, issue: make check.
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.