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43 lines
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mkfatfs, filesystem tool
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Here is the first public release of mkfatfs, a filesystem creation tool.
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Main reason for this programm is to build TOS and DOS FAT32 partitions also
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on ATARI computers.
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Sorry, it's a commandline tool. Contact me if you will write
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a graphical user interface.
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Ok, what is FAT32 you ask now?
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FAT32 is a extension of the existing FAT definition. The FAT (File
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Allocation Table) on existing partitions is 16 bit wide.
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This limits the maximum number of cluster to 65536 (under TOS
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to 32768 because of some bugs). So if you need large partitions
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you must increase cluster size. But this has a negative side effect.
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Large cluster also increase
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It requires a harddiskdriver that support at least XHDI level 1.10.
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If you start mkfatfs without any parameter, you get the
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following output:
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./mkfatfs 0.2b, 1998-08-01 for TOS and DOS FAT/FAT32-FS
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Found XHDI level 1.30.
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No drive specified.
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Usage: ./mkfatfs [OPTIONS] drv:
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-c Check filesystem as is gets built
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-f <num> Number of FATs (between 1 and 4)
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-F <num> FAT size (12, 16, or 32)
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-i <id> Volume ID as hexadecimal number (i.e. 0x0410)
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-l <filename> Bad block filename
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-m <filename> Boot message filename--text is used as a boot message
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-n <name> Volume name
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-r <num> Root directory entries (not applicable to FAT32)
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-s <num> Sectors per cluster (2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or 128)
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-a Create filesystem always (disables partition ID checking)
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