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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 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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