# mkfs.fat # Creates an MS-DOS filesystem inside a partition. # More information: <https://manned.org/mkfs.fat>. # Create a fat filesystem inside partition 1 on device b (`sdb1`): mkfs.fat /dev/sdb1 # Create filesystem with a volume-name: mkfs.fat -n volume_name /dev/sdb1 # Create filesystem with a volume-id: mkfs.fat -i volume_id /dev/sdb1 # Use 5 instead of 2 file allocation tables: mkfs.fat -f 5 /dev/sdb1 $Follow @igor_chubin cheat.sh tldr