mkfs.vfat

Creates an MS-DOS filesystem inside a partition.

• Create a vfat filesystem inside partition 1 on device b (`sdb1`):

mkfs.vfat {/dev/sdb1}

• Create filesystem with a volume-name:

mkfs.vfat -n {volume_name} {/dev/sdb1}

• Create filesystem with a volume-id:

mkfs.vfat -i {volume_id} {/dev/sdb1}

• Use 5 instead of 2 file allocation tables:

mkfs.vfat -f 5 {/dev/sdb1}

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