mkfs

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

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 at PresarioLapTop1:~$ lsusb > /tmp/junk-lsusb-0.txt
> bmike1 at PresarioLapTop1:~$ cat /proc/partitions > /tmp/junk-partitions-0.txt
> bmike1 at PresarioLapTop1:~$ lsusb > /tmp/junk-lsusb-1.txt
> bmike1 at PresarioLapTop1:~$ cat /proc/partitions > /tmp/junk-partitions-1.txt
> bmike1 at 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 at 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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