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Creating and Formatting a Drive to FAT32 (Up to 4GB) in FreeBSD
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# assuming usb drive to be formatted is da0
# gpart destroy -F da0
# gpart create -s mbr da0
# gpart add -a 1M -t fat32 da0
# newfs_msdos -F32 /dev/da0s1
# mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /media
Original thread:
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/which-filesystem-should-i-use-for-a-usb-flash-drive-to-ensure-it-is-accessible-on-both-freebsd-and-linux.94419/
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