On Friday, January 04, 2019 08:36:59 AM Curt wrote: > On 2019-01-04, Jonathan Dowland <j...@debian.org> wrote:
> > Perhaps you could consider writing a patch for the man page. > > -I It is typical for fixed disk devices to be partitioned so, by default, > you are not permitted to create a filesystem across the entire device. > mkfs.fat will complain and tell you that it refuses to work. This is > different when using MO disks. One doesn't always need parti‐ tions on > MO disks. The filesystem can go directly to the whole disk. Under other > OSes this is known as the 'superfloppy' format. This switch will force > mkfs.fat to work properly. > > I think PH's inference not too arduous from the above, frankly. > > But how about: > > -I When using MO disks, where partitions aren't always required, modifies > mkfs.fat's default behavior, allowing it to write the filesystem > across the entire, unpartitioned device (called 'superfloppy' format under > some other OSes). From the peanut gallery, that (the second) looks good to me, but I missed something in the thread -- does MO refer to magneto-optical disks?
