Merge branch 'master' of http://exfat.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ into kitkat-x86

[android-x86/external-exfat.git] / mkfs / mkexfatfs.8

diff --git a/mkfs/mkexfatfs.8 b/mkfs/mkexfatfs.8
index 5f6ba3d..3436fda 100644 (file)
--- a/mkfs/mkexfatfs.8
+++ b/mkfs/mkexfatfs.8
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@
 .B mkexfatfs
 creates an exFAT file system on a block device.
 .I device
-is a special file corresponding to the device.
+is a special file corresponding to the partition on the device. Note that if
+this is an MBR partition then the file system type should be set to 0x07
+(NTFS/exFAT) otherwise other operating systems may refuse to mount the
+file system.
 
 .SH OPTIONS
 Command line options available:
@@ -65,4 +68,4 @@ Zero is returned on successful creation. Any other code means an error.
 Andrew Nayenko
 
 .SH SEE ALSO
-.BR mkfs (8)
+.BR mkfs (8), fdisk (8)