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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml index 8a9aeee1c6..9e0f5694ac 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml @@ -4092,9 +4092,24 @@ Please press any key to reboot.</screen> located in the <guimenuitem>Start</guimenuitem>> <guimenuitem>Programs</guimenuitem> > <guimenuitem>System Tools</guimenuitem> menu.</para> - <para>&os; can support &ms-dos; based file systems (FAT16 and FAT32). - This requires you use the &man.mount.8; command - with the required parameters. The utility most common usage is:</para> + <para>&os; can support &ms-dos; file systems (sometimes called + FAT file systems). The &man.mount.msdosfs.8; command grafts such file + systems onto the existing directory hierarchy, allowing the file + system's contents to be accessed. &man.mount.msdosfs.8; is not usually + invoked directly; instead, it is called by the system through a line + in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> or by a call to the &man.mount.8; + utility with the appropriate parameters.</para> + + <para>A typical line in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> is:</para> + + <programlisting>/dev/ad0sN /dos msdosfs rw 0 0</programlisting> + + <note><para>The <filename>/dos</filename> directory must already + exist for this to work. For details about the format of + <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>, see &man.fstab.5;.</para></note> + + <para>A typicall call to &man.mount.8; for a &ms-dos; file system + looks like:</para> <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mount -t msdosfs /dev/ad0s1 /mnt</userinput></screen> @@ -4103,13 +4118,12 @@ Please press any key to reboot.</screen> the <command>dmesg</command>, and <command>mount</command> commands. They should produce enough information to give an idea of the partition layout.</para> - <note><para>Extended &ms-dos; file systems are usually mapped after the &os; - partitions. In other words, the slice number may be higher than the ones - &os; is using. For instance, the first &ms-dos; partition may be - <filename>/dev/ad0s1</filename>, the &os; partition may be - <filename>/dev/ad0s2</filename>, with the extended &ms-dos; partition being - located on <filename>/dev/ad0s3</filename>. To some, this can be confusing - at first.</para></note> + <note><para>&os; may number disk slices (that is, &ms-dos; partitions) + differently than other operating systems. In particular, extended + &ms-dos; partitions are usually given higher slice numbers than + primary &ms-dos; partitions. The &man.fdisk.8; utility can help + determine which slices belong to &os; and which belong to other + operating systems.</para></note> <para>NTFS partitions can also be mounted in a similar manner using the &man.mount.ntfs.8; command.</para> |