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authorMatt Mower <mowerm@gmail.com>2015-12-13 18:29:45 +0100
committerEthan Yonker <dees_troy@teamw.in>2015-12-23 16:56:56 +0100
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-.\" Copyright (C) 2011 Andrew Nayenko
+.\" Copyright (C) 2011-2015 Andrew Nayenko
.\"
.TH MKEXFATFS 8 "January 2011"
.SH NAME
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@
.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:
@@ -65,4 +68,4 @@ Zero is returned on successful creation. Any other code means an error.
Andrew Nayenko
.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR mkfs (8)
+.BR mkfs (8), fdisk (8)