10-03-2001
Hard drives have filesystems that are created on the drive.
Many UNIX kernels, linux for example, allow you to compile drivers that support many different filesystems. Others, do not.
Windows for example, only allow you to mount (is mount the right words in Windows??) file systems that are exactly what MS wants you to mount. This certainly does not include all the myriad of file systems that some UNIX systems allow you to mount.
Linux and many other UNIX kernals, support all the Windows file systems. For example, many Linux users mount many kinds of filesystems, including MS filesystems, such as VFAT, etc.
The questions that need to be answered are pretty straight forward:
(1) What is the MS filesystem you have?
(2) What is the UNIX filesystem you have?
(3) What is the OS you have?
When you answer these questions, it is possible to provide more detailed technical answer.
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LEARN ABOUT NETBSD
fsck_msdos
FSCK_MSDOS(8) BSD System Manager's Manual FSCK_MSDOS(8)
NAME
fsck_msdos -- DOS/Windows (FAT) filesystem consistency checker
SYNOPSIS
fsck_msdos -p [-f] filesystem ...
fsck_msdos [-fny] [-x snap-backup] filesystem ...
DESCRIPTION
The fsck_msdos utility verifies and repairs FAT filesystems (more commonly known as DOS filesystems).
The first form of fsck_msdos preens the specified filesystems. It is normally started by fsck(8) run from /etc/rc during automatic reboot,
when a FAT filesystem is detected. When preening file systems, fsck_msdos will fix common inconsistencies non-interactively. If more seri-
ous problems are found, fsck_msdos does not try to fix them, indicates that it was not successful, and exits.
The second form of fsck_msdos checks the specified file systems and tries to repair all detected inconsistencies, requesting confirmation
before making any changes.
The options are as follows:
-f This option is ignored by fsck_msdos, and is present only for compatibility with programs that check other file system
types for consistency, such as fsck_ffs(8).
-n Causes fsck_msdos to assume no as the answer to all operator questions, except ``CONTINUE?''.
-p Preen the specified filesystems.
-x snap-backup Use a snapshot with snap-backup as backup to check a read-write mounted filesystem. Must be used with -n. See fss(4) for
more details. The point is to check an internally-consistent version of the filesystem to find out if it is damaged; on
failure one should unmount the filesystem and repair it.
-y Causes fsck_msdos to assume yes as the answer to all operator questions.
SEE ALSO
fss(4), fsck(8), fsck_ffs(8), mount_msdos(8)
BUGS
fsck_msdos is still under construction.
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