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Author: Derek Trotter
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Subject: Re: mkfs
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 <
> <mailto:lthielster@gmail.com>> 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 <
>     <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:

>
>         why does it matter? it is only 2 gig.

>
>         :-)~MIKE~(-:

>
>
>         On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 10:34 AM, <
>         <mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com>> 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
>                 < <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> 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,
>                     <
>                     <mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com>> 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,
>                             <
>                             <mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com>> 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,
>                                     <
>                                     <mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com>>
>                                     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,
>                                             <
>                                             <mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com>>
>                                             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~(-:

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