mkfs

[Michael Havens]

 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 at kitepilot.com> wrote:

> kitepilot at 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 at 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 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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