<div> sudo mkfs -t vfat -I /dev/sdc did it. Thanks Enrique! Now I get the nice file manager appearing and everything.... How cool. I had to use -I because there are no partitions on the drive. </div><div><br></div><div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 9:46 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">
it appears that msdos and vfat just point to each other (man mkfs.vfat is the man for mkfs.msdos). Is this correct? So then it doesn't matter if I do "-t vfat" or "-t msdos". What about "xtfs"?<br clear="all">
<div>:-)~MIKE~(-:</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 9:25 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">
RTFM! ;-)<br>
ET <br>
<br>
Michael Havens writes: <br>
<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 need<br>
to pull a file off of my dad's computer.<br>
:-)~MIKE~(-: <br>
<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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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>
<br>
Michael Havens writes: <br>
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what is the option in mkfs? I looked at man but they don't list it. Is 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>
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THen you are good... :)<br>
Create a partition and install a FAT-32 filesystem if you plan on 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 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. It<br>
is<br>
dev/sdc. I kinow this is the case because I can mount /dev/sdc /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>
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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 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 (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 computers<br>
too?<br>
is xtfs the best or should I go with fat 16/32? or am I incorrect that<br>
this<br>
will fix the problem?<br>
:-)~MIKE~(-: <br>
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