mkfs.vfat

Create an MS-DOS filesystem inside a partition. More information: https://manned.org/mkfs.vfat.

• Create a vfat filesystem inside partition 1 on device b (sdb1):

mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb1

• Create filesystem with a volume-name:

mkfs.vfat -n volume_name /dev/sdb1

• Create filesystem with a volume-id:

mkfs.vfat -i volume_id /dev/sdb1

• Use 5 instead of 2 file allocation tables:

mkfs.vfat -f 5 /dev/sdb1