Same here. Never had problems making disks in linux that I could use
anywhere else. Did not think anyone could see it as a problem. Only extra
option i sometimes add is dd to be able to remove usb install disks for deb

On 20 Oct 2016 22:58, "Stefan Monnier" <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

> > It's a 4GB stick and I am thinking of using all the space in a single
> > partition.
>
> Assuming the USB stick is at /dev/sdb I'd do:
>
>     % fdisk /dev/sdb
>     o
>     n RET RET RET RET
>     w
>     q
>     % mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb1
>
> This has always worked well for me, for Windows and Mac OS X.
> [ IIUC using vfat for larger devices can occasionally lead to
>   incompatibilities, but for 4GB there's no such problem.  ]
>
>
> -- Stefan
>
>

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