> 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 <lthielster@gmail.com
> <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 <bmike1@gmail.com
> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> why does it matter? it is only 2 gig.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 10:34 AM, <kitepilot@kitepilot.com
> <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
> <bmike1@gmail.com <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,
> <kitepilot@kitepilot.com
> <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,
> <kitepilot@kitepilot.com
> <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,
> <kitepilot@kitepilot.com
> <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,
> <kitepilot@kitepilot.com
> <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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