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mkfs.vfat

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- mkfs.vfat
mkfs.vfat:tldr:2b858 mkfs.vfat: Create a vfat filesystem inside partition 1 on device b (`sdb1`).

$ mkfs.vfat ${-dev-sdb1}

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mkfs.vfat:tldr:2c156 mkfs.vfat: Create filesystem with a volume-id.

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

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mkfs.vfat:tldr:69f0f mkfs.vfat: Create filesystem with a volume-name.

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

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mkfs.vfat:tldr:9f777 mkfs.vfat: Use 5 instead of 2 file allocation tables.

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

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