mkfs.fat
Create an MS-DOS filesystem inside a partition. More information: https://manned.org/mkfs.fat.
- Create a fat filesystem inside partition 1 on device b (
sdb1):
mkfs.fat /dev/sdb1
- Create filesystem with a volume-name:
mkfs.fat -n volume_name /dev/sdb1
- Create filesystem with a volume-id:
mkfs.fat -i volume_id /dev/sdb1
- Use 5 instead of 2 file allocation tables:
mkfs.fat -f 5 /dev/sdb1