1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/bootimg.bbclass b/meta/classes/bootimg.bbclass
index e65bef7cca..a717600cf9 100644
--- a/meta/classes/bootimg.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/bootimg.bbclass
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ build_hddimg() {
                 # Account for the filesystem overhead. This includes directory
                 # entries in the clusters as well as the FAT itself.
                 # Assumptions:
+                #   FAT32 (12 or 16 may be selected by mkdosfs, but the extra
+                #   padding will be minimal on those smaller images and not
+                #   worth the logic here to caclulate the smaller FAT sizes)
                 #   < 16 entries per directory
                 #   8.3 filenames only
 
@@ -142,7 +145,7 @@ build_hddimg() {
                 BLOCKS=$(expr $BLOCKS + $(expr 16 - $(expr $BLOCKS % 16)))
 
                 IMG=${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.hddimg
-                mkdosfs -F 32 -n ${BOOTIMG_VOLUME_ID} -S 512 -C ${IMG} ${BLOCKS}
+                mkdosfs -n ${BOOTIMG_VOLUME_ID} -S 512 -C ${IMG} ${BLOCKS}
                 # Copy HDDDIR recursively into the image file directly
                 mcopy -i ${IMG} -s ${HDDDIR}/* ::/