Merge tag 'upstream/1.2.4'

[sven/exfat-utils.git] / mkfs / mkexfatfs.8

diff --git a/mkfs/mkexfatfs.8 b/mkfs/mkexfatfs.8
index 7d3ffecc10ffde33e236ca0083ffec0bbf54d08c..74e0bfed308dec8864d02a3a06055f9ff7ea5ad3 100644 (file)
--- a/mkfs/mkexfatfs.8
+++ b/mkfs/mkexfatfs.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Copyright (C) 2011  Andrew Nayenko
+.\" Copyright (C) 2011-2016  Andrew Nayenko

 .\"
 .TH MKEXFATFS 8 "January 2011"
 .SH NAME
 .\"
 .TH MKEXFATFS 8 "January 2011"
 .SH NAME


@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .I sectors-per-cluster
 ]
 [
 .I sectors-per-cluster
 ]
 [

-.B \-v
+.B \-V

 ]
 .I device
 
 ]
 .I device
 


@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@
 .B mkexfatfs
 creates an exFAT file system on a block device.
 .I device
 .B mkexfatfs
 creates an exFAT file system on a block device.
 .I device

-is a special file corresponding to the device.
+is a special file corresponding to the partition on the device. Note that if
+this is an MBR partition then the file system type should be set to 0x07
+(NTFS/exFAT) otherwise other operating systems may refuse to mount the
+file system.

 
 .SH OPTIONS
 Command line options available:
 
 .SH OPTIONS
 Command line options available:


@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ exceed 32 MB. Default cluster sizes are:
 32 KB if volume size is from 256 MB to 32 GB,
 128 KB if volume size is 32 GB or larger.
 .TP
 32 KB if volume size is from 256 MB to 32 GB,
 128 KB if volume size is 32 GB or larger.
 .TP

-.BI \-v
+.BI \-V

 Print version and copyright.
 
 .SH EXIT CODES
 Print version and copyright.
 
 .SH EXIT CODES


@@ -65,4 +68,4 @@ Zero is returned on successful creation. Any other code means an error.
 Andrew Nayenko
 
 .SH SEE ALSO
 Andrew Nayenko
 
 .SH SEE ALSO

-.BR mkfs (8)
+.BR mkfs (8), fdisk (8)