FAT 32 mkdosfs problem

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I just tried putting a FAT 32 file system on a ~ 3 GB partition using
tomsrtbt 2.0.103, mkdosfs 0.4.1, September 1998. I then restored the
old boot record:

echo formatting /dev/hda1
mkdosfs $blockcheck -F 32 /dev/hda1
# restore FAT boot sector.
dd if=3Ddev.hda1 of=3D/dev/hda1 bs=3D512 count=3D1

I then mounted the partition to see what was there, and the old root
directory appeared to be there. Scandisk reported numerous errors,
mostly the root directory files being shorter than the directory entry
indicated.

It looks like the verion of mkdosfs on Fedora Core 1 (mkdosfs 2.8 (28
Feb 2001)) will do the job correctly.

Has anyone else seen this?

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