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 > >