mkfs

Sun Aug 4 13:20:12 MST 2013

Whether you do it in a terminal or with a GUI, this article is a wealth of
information about this:

http://www.unixmen.com/how-to-format-usb-drive-in-the-terminal/

On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> why does it matter? it is only 2 gig.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 10:34 AM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:
>
>> If I was you, I'd make a partition.
>> Scary...
>> ET
>>
>>
>> Michael Havens writes:
>>
>>>  sudo mkfs -t vfat -I /dev/sdc did it. Thanks Enrique! Now I get the nice
>>> file manager appearing and everything.... How cool. I had to use -I
>>> because
>>> there are no partitions on the drive.
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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