I can't see why you would have any problems as long as there's only one partition on the device and it's fat32 or ntfs. On 08/04/2013 01:54 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > 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? > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Dazed_75 > wrote: > > Whether you do it in a terminal or with a GUI, this article is a > wealth of information about this: > > http://www.unixmen.com/how-to-format-usb-drive-in-the-terminal/ > > > > > On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Michael Havens > wrote: > > why does it matter? it is only 2 gig. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 10:34 AM, > wrote: > > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. 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