tldr/pages/linux/mkfs.fat.md

mkfs.fat

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

• Create a fat filesystem inside partition Y on device X:

mkfs.fat {{/dev/sdXY}}

• Create filesystem with a volume-name:

mkfs.fat -n {{volume_name}} {{/dev/sdXY}}

• Create filesystem with a volume-id:

mkfs.fat -i {{volume_id}} {{/dev/sdXY}}

• Use 5 instead of 2 file allocation tables:

mkfs.fat -f 5 {{/dev/sdXY}}

• Specify filesystem type:

mkfs.fat -F {{12|16|32}} {{/dev/sdXY}}