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Package: dosfstools (2.11-2.1 and others)

Utilities to create and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems

Inside of this package there are two utilities (mkdosfs alias mkfs.dos, and dosfsck alias fsck.msdos) to create and to check MS-DOS FAT filesystems on either hard disks or floppies under Linux. This version uses the enhanced boot sector/superblock format of DOS 3.3+ as well as provides a default dummy boot sector code.

Tags: System Administration: Filesystem Tool, User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Checking

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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1) [not alpha, i386, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6) [i386]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-21) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb

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Architecture Version Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 2.11-2.1 61.8 kB180 kB [list of files]
amd64 2.11-2.1 52.7 kB148 kB [list of files]
arm 2.11-2.1+b1 55.8 kB110 kB [list of files]
hppa 2.11-2.1+b1 61.2 kB168 kB [list of files]
i386 2.11-2.1+b1 52.0 kB144 kB [list of files]
ia64 2.11-2.1 70.4 kB216 kB [list of files]
mips 2.11-2.1+b1 60.0 kB180 kB [list of files]
mipsel 2.11-2.1+b1 59.0 kB176 kB [list of files]
powerpc 2.11-2.1+b1 56.8 kB160 kB [list of files]
s390 2.11-2.1+b1 58.8 kB160 kB [list of files]
sparc 2.11-2.1+b1 54.2 kB152 kB [list of files]