that, therefore begs the question: why did this drive not come with a partition? It is a PNY drive.........and from my investigations it seems it is supposed to have a partition. So I guess I will partition it...... How strange! gparted seems to automatically say it is partitioned.... until I refresh it and everything becomes unallocated. So then I create a fat32 filesystem over the entire device and it gave me an error. Now gparted says it is an unknown file system. And so now I mkfs -t vfat -I /dev/sdc again and I will leave it as it is. It didn't hurt me before so I will hope it doesn't hurt me now. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 2:57 PM, wrote: > I'd think about it the other way around. > I have *ALWAYS* seen a parti a partitionis drive nottion. > Not having one makes me nervous... > Just my opinion. > ET > > > Michael Havens writes: > >> 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. 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