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diff --git a/gnu/build/vm.scm b/gnu/build/vm.scm
index c7449cfbef..7ce1ec8e1e 100644
--- a/gnu/build/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/vm.scm
@@ -213,10 +213,10 @@ actual /dev name based on DEVICE."
(define MS_BIND 4096) ; <sys/mounts.h> again!
-(define* (format-partition partition type
- #:key label)
- "Create a file system TYPE on PARTITION. If LABEL is true, use that as the
-volume name."
+(define* (create-ext-file-system partition type
+ #:key label)
+ "Create an ext-family filesystem of TYPE on PARTITION. If LABEL is true,
+use that as the volume name."
(format #t "creating ~a partition...\n" type)
(unless (zero? (apply system* (string-append "mkfs." type)
"-F" partition
@@ -225,6 +225,28 @@ volume name."
'())))
(error "failed to create partition")))
+(define* (create-fat-file-system partition
+ #:key label)
+ "Create a FAT filesystem on PARTITION. The number of File Allocation Tables
+will be determined based on filesystem size. If LABEL is true, use that as the
+volume name."
+ (format #t "creating FAT partition...\n")
+ (unless (zero? (apply system* "mkfs.fat" partition
+ (if label
+ `("-n" ,label)
+ '())))
+ (error "failed to create FAT partition")))
+
+(define* (format-partition partition type
+ #:key label)
+ "Create a file system TYPE on PARTITION. If LABEL is true, use that as the
+volume name."
+ (cond ((string-prefix? "ext" type)
+ (create-ext-file-system partition type #:label label))
+ ((or (string-prefix? "fat" type) (string= "vfat" type))
+ (create-fat-file-system partition #:label label))
+ (else (error "Unsupported file system."))))
+
(define (initialize-partition partition)
"Format PARTITION, a <partition> object with a non-#f 'device' field, mount
it, run its initializer, and unmount it."