mkfs

[Michael Havens]

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 at 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 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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