that goes back to the original question.... does it really matter if there is a partition or not?<br clear="all"><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Derek Trotter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:expat.arizonan@gmail.com" target="_blank">expat.arizonan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<font face="Comic Sans MS">I can't see whmattery you would have any
problems as long as there's only one partition on the device and
it's fat32 or ntfs.<br>
<br>
</font><div><div class="h5">
<div>On 08/04/2013 01:54 PM, Michael Havens
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite">I was just about to create a partition on the device
when a thought occurred to me: If I add a partition to this drive
will that make any windows machine I were to add this to not want
to access it?<br clear="all">
<div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Dazed_75
<span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lthielster@gmail.com" target="_blank">lthielster@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Whether you do it in a terminal or with a GUI,
this article is a wealth of information about this:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.unixmen.com/how-to-format-usb-drive-in-the-terminal/" target="_blank">http://www.unixmen.com/how-to-format-usb-drive-in-the-terminal/</a><br>
<br>
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<div><br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 11:25
AM, Michael Havens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">why
does it matter? it is only 2 gig.
<div><br clear="all">
<div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<div>
<div>
<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 4, 2013
at 10:34 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com" target="_blank">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
If I was you, I'd make a partition.<br>
Scary...<br>
ET <br>
<br>
<br>
Michael Havens writes: <br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>
sudo mkfs -t vfat -I /dev/sdc did
it. Thanks Enrique! Now I get the
nice<br>
file manager appearing and
everything.... How cool. I had to
use -I because<br>
there are no partitions on the
drive. <br>
:-)~MIKE~(-: <br>
<br>
On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 9:46 AM,
Michael Havens <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>>
wrote: <br>
</div>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div>
it appears that msdos and vfat
just point to each other (man
mkfs.vfat is<br>
the man for mkfs.msdos). Is this
correct? So then it doesn't matter
if I do<br>
"-t vfat" or "-t msdos". What
about "xtfs"?<br>
:-)~MIKE~(-: <br>
<br>
On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 9:25 AM,
<<a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com" target="_blank">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a>>
wrote: <br>
</div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div>
RTFM! ;-)<br>
ET <br>
Michael Havens writes: <br>
</div>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div>
So what is the option, "-t
vfat" or "-t msdos"? I thought
"xfs" was an<br>
option.<br>
Oh yea..... I don't "plan" on
using this in windows but just
in case I<br>
need<br>
to pull a file off of my dad's
computer.<br>
:-)~MIKE~(-: <br>
On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 9:02
AM, <<a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com" target="_blank">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a>>
wrote: <br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div>
kitepilot@twinbeech[~]$ man
mkfs|grep fat<br>
fs(5), badblocks(8),
fsck(8), mkdosfs(8),
mke2fs(8), mkfs.bfs(8),<br>
mkfs.ext2(8), mkfs.ext3(8),
mkfs.ext4(8), mkfs.minix(8),
mkfs.msdos(8),<br>
mkfs.vfat(8), mkfs.xfs(8),
mkfs.xiafs(8)<br>
kitepilot@twinbeech[~]$ man
8 mkfs.vfat <br>
<br>
Michael Havens writes: <br>
</div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div>
what is the option in
mkfs? I looked at man but
they don't list it. Is<br>
it<br>
'-t fat32'?<br>
:-)~MIKE~(-:<br>
On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at
8:52 AM, <<a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com" target="_blank">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a>>
wrote: <br>
</div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div>
THen you are good...
:)<br>
Create a partition and
install a FAT-32
filesystem if you plan
on<br>
pluging<br>
that thing to Wincrap.<br>
ET<br>
Michael Havens writes: <br>
</div>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div>
dmesg says the drive
is sdc. I can then
mount the drive and
look at<br>
it's<br>
contents.<br>
now for your
directions:<br>
bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$
lsusb >
/tmp/junk-lsusb-0.txt<br>
bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$
cat /proc/partitions
><br>
/tmp/junk-partitions-0.txt<br>
bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$
lsusb >
/tmp/junk-lsusb-1.txt<br>
bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$
cat /proc/partitions
><br>
/tmp/junk-partitions-1.txt<br>
bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$
diff
/tmp/junk-lsusb-?.txt<br>
0a1 <br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Bus 001 Device 005:
ID 0930:6544 Toshiba
Corp. Kingston
DataTraveler<br>
2.0 <br>
</blockquote>
Stick (2GB)<br>
All is good.<br>
I can tell you right
now that there are no
partitions on this
drive.<br>
It<br>
is<br>
dev/sdc. I kinow this
is the case because I
can mount /dev/sdc<br>
/mnt/sdc<br>
and<br>
look at the contents.
There is nothing in it
that I want to keep.<br>
:-)~MIKE~(-:<br>
On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at
8:12 AM, <<a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com" target="_blank">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a>>
wrote: <br>
</div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<div>
First question to
answer is: Is the
drive being
detected?<br>
Unplug the drive,
wait a minute and
do:<br>
lsusb >
/tmp/junk-lsusb-0.txt<br>
cat /proc/partitions
>
/tmp/junk-partitions-0.txt<br>
Now plug the drive,
wait a minute and
do:<br>
lsusb >
/tmp/junk-lsusb-1.txt<br>
cat /proc/partitions
>
/tmp/junk-partitions-1.txt<br>
Then<br>
diff
/tmp/junk-lsusb-?.txt<br>
If you see at leas
one line you are
good, otherwise you
are dead in<br>
the<br>
water.<br>
If you can see the
device, then:<br>
diff
/tmp/junk-partitions-?.txt<br>
That's your
partition.<br>
Depending on what
you have (if you
have) next steps are
different.<br>
YMMV...<br>
ET<br>
Michael Havens
writes: <br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Okay, when I was
making a backup
drive I did so on
a drive that was<br>
too<br>
small. (bummer)
now, when I stick
that device in
nothing happens<br>
(the<br>
nice<br>
little file
manager doesn't
appear). So I
think that is
because I<br>
created<br>
a<br>
label for this
drive. So I wonder
to myself how to
fix it. What I<br>
think<br>
of<br>
is mkfs. What is a
generic filesystem
I can use on
microsoft<br>
computers<br>
too?<br>
is xtfs the best
or should I go
with fat 16/32? or
am I incorrect<br>
that<br>
this<br>
will fix the
problem?<br>
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