If I was you, I'd make a partition. Scary... ET Michael Havens writes: > 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. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> 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"? >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 9:25 AM, wrote: >> >>> RTFM! ;-) >>> ET >>> >>> Michael Havens writes: >>> >>>> So what is the option, "-t vfat" or "-t msdos"? I thought "xfs" was an >>>> option. >>>> Oh yea..... I don't "plan" on using this in windows but just in case I >>>> need >>>> to pull a file off of my dad's computer. >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 9:02 AM, wrote: >>>> >>>>> kitepilot@twinbeech[~]$ man mkfs|grep fat >>>>> fs(5), badblocks(8), fsck(8), mkdosfs(8), mke2fs(8), mkfs.bfs(8), >>>>> mkfs.ext2(8), mkfs.ext3(8), mkfs.ext4(8), mkfs.minix(8), mkfs.msdos(8), >>>>> mkfs.vfat(8), mkfs.xfs(8), mkfs.xiafs(8) >>>>> kitepilot@twinbeech[~]$ man 8 mkfs.vfat >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Michael Havens writes: >>>>> >>>>>> what is the option in mkfs? I looked at man but they don't list it. Is >>>>>> it >>>>>> '-t fat32'? >>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 8:52 AM, wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> THen you are good... :) >>>>>>> Create a partition and install a FAT-32 filesystem if you plan on >>>>>>> pluging >>>>>>> that thing to Wincrap. >>>>>>> ET >>>>>>> Michael Havens writes: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> dmesg says the drive is sdc. I can then mount the drive and look at >>>>>>>> it's >>>>>>>> contents. >>>>>>>> now for your directions: >>>>>>>> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ lsusb > /tmp/junk-lsusb-0.txt >>>>>>>> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ cat /proc/partitions > >>>>>>>> /tmp/junk-partitions-0.txt >>>>>>>> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ lsusb > /tmp/junk-lsusb-1.txt >>>>>>>> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ cat /proc/partitions > >>>>>>>> /tmp/junk-partitions-1.txt >>>>>>>> bmike1@PresarioLapTop1:~$ diff /tmp/junk-lsusb-?.txt >>>>>>>> 0a1 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0930:6544 Toshiba Corp. Kingston DataTraveler >>>>>>>>> 2.0 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Stick (2GB) >>>>>>>> All is good. >>>>>>>> I can tell you right now that there are no partitions on this drive. >>>>>>>> It >>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>> dev/sdc. I kinow this is the case because I can mount /dev/sdc >>>>>>>> /mnt/sdc >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> look at the contents. There is nothing in it that I want to keep. >>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>>> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 8:12 AM, wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> First question to answer is: Is the drive being detected? >>>>>>>>> Unplug the drive, wait a minute and do: >>>>>>>>> lsusb > /tmp/junk-lsusb-0.txt >>>>>>>>> cat /proc/partitions > /tmp/junk-partitions-0.txt >>>>>>>>> Now plug the drive, wait a minute and do: >>>>>>>>> lsusb > /tmp/junk-lsusb-1.txt >>>>>>>>> cat /proc/partitions > /tmp/junk-partitions-1.txt >>>>>>>>> Then >>>>>>>>> diff /tmp/junk-lsusb-?.txt >>>>>>>>> If you see at leas one line you are good, otherwise you are dead in >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> water. >>>>>>>>> If you can see the device, then: >>>>>>>>> diff /tmp/junk-partitions-?.txt >>>>>>>>> That's your partition. >>>>>>>>> Depending on what you have (if you have) next steps are different. >>>>>>>>> YMMV... >>>>>>>>> ET >>>>>>>>> Michael Havens writes: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Okay, when I was making a backup drive I did so on a drive that was >>>>>>>>>> too >>>>>>>>>> small. (bummer) now, when I stick that device in nothing happens >>>>>>>>>> (the >>>>>>>>>> nice >>>>>>>>>> little file manager doesn't appear). So I think that is because I >>>>>>>>>> created >>>>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>>>> label for this drive. So I wonder to myself how to fix it. What I >>>>>>>>>> think >>>>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>>>> is mkfs. What is a generic filesystem I can use on microsoft >>>>>>>>>> computers >>>>>>>>>> too? >>>>>>>>>> is xtfs the best or should I go with fat 16/32? or am I incorrect >>>>>>>>>> that >>>>>>>>>> this >>>>>>>>>> will fix the problem? >>>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ------------------------------********--------------------- >>>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**** >>>>>>>>> ****org< >>>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss@lists.**phxlinux.****org < >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.****org >>>>>>>> org >>> >>>>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/********mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> <**http://lists.phxlinux.org/******mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> <**http://lists.phxlinux.org/******mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> ** >>>>>>>>> ** >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> >**> >>>>>>>>> ------------------------------******--------------------- >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.******org< >>>>>>> PLUG-discuss@lists.**phxlinux.**org < >>>>>>> PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >> >>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/******mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>> <**http://lists.phxlinux.org/****mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> <**http://lists.phxlinux.org/****mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>> ** >>>>>>> >**> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ------------------------------****--------------------- >>>>>> >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.****org< >>>>> PLUG-discuss@lists.**phxlinux.org > >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/****mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> <**http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss