mkfs

[Michael Havens]

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 at 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 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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