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Unix to a floppy

If I need to copy files in Unix to a floppydisk so that the disk is compatible with extended FAT16 and can be read by Windows XP-Do I mount the floppy disk to use ufs?
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extended fat16? not fat32?
#mount_msdosfs /dev... ( OS - specifics here) /floppy
#unix# cp -iv files /floppy
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I thought MS-DOS floppies were FAT12.
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