Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 11.2

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-11.2 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