Re: format usb drive

2008/1/29, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080129 03:07]: > > BartlebyScrivener wrote: > > [..] > > > Can someone please tell me what command to use to elmininate any > > > partitions on the usb drive and format it for moving files between > > > Windo

Re: format usb drive

* Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080129 03:07]: > BartlebyScrivener wrote: > [..] > > Can someone please tell me what command to use to elmininate any > > partitions on the usb drive and format it for moving files between > > Windows XP and Linux? > > My experience is that Windows is a lot m

Re: format usb drive

BartlebyScrivener wrote: [..] > Can someone please tell me what command to use to elmininate any > partitions on the usb drive and format it for moving files between > Windows XP and Linux? My experience is that Windows is a lot more particular about USB keys than Linux is. My suggestion would be

Re: format usb drive

On Jan 28, 5:00 pm, BartlebyScrivener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tried to format the whole thing with FAT32 by doing: > sudo mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/sda1 > > Can someone please tell me what command to use to elmininate any > partitions on the usb drive and format it for moving files between > Wind

Re: format usb drive

On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 02:37:32PM -0800, BartlebyScrivener wrote: > Can someone please tell me what command to use to elmininate any > partitions on the usb drive and format it for moving files between > Windows XP and Linux? On my USB stick (Kingston 4 GB), I just used cfdisk. Removed any exi

Re: format usb drive

On Jan 28, 2008 2:37 PM, BartlebyScrivener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I do >sudo fdisk -l > > This is what I get for the USB drive. > > Disk /dev/sda: 62 MB, 62914560 bytes > 2 heads, 63 sectors/track, 975 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 126 * 512 = 64512 bytes > >Device Boot Start