diff -ru dosfstools-3.0.0/src/mkdosfs.c dosfstools-3.0.0-new/src/mkdosfs.c
--- dosfstools-3.0.0/src/mkdosfs.c	2008-09-28 05:22:09.000000000 -0400
+++ dosfstools-3.0.0-new/src/mkdosfs.c	2008-11-04 12:40:28.000000000 -0500
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <time.h>
@@ -283,6 +284,7 @@
 static int verbose = 0;		/* Default to verbose mode off */
 static long volume_id;		/* Volume ID number */
 static time_t create_time;	/* Creation time */
+static struct timeval create_timeval;	/* Creation time */
 static char volume_name[] = "           "; /* Volume name */
 static unsigned long long blocks;	/* Number of blocks in filesystem */
 static int sector_size = 512;	/* Size of a logical sector */
@@ -1427,8 +1429,9 @@
 	program_name = p+1;
   }
 
-  time(&create_time);
-  volume_id = (long)create_time;	/* Default volume ID = creation time */
+  gettimeofday(&create_timeval, NULL);
+  create_time = create_timeval.tv_sec;
+  volume_id = (u_int32_t)( (create_timeval.tv_sec << 20) | create_timeval.tv_usec );	/* Default volume ID = creation time, fudged for more uniqueness */
   check_atari();
 
   printf ("%s " VERSION " (" VERSION_DATE ")\n",