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 >> > >