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Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick

From Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com>
Subject Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.misc
Date 2012-02-17 15:34 +0000
Message-ID <5262fe8b15cvjazz@waitrose.com> (permalink)
References <5262094265cvjazz@waitrose.com> <f86c0c6252.davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> <5262f708a6cvjazz@waitrose.com> <bb1ffb6252.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk>
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In article <bb1ffb6252.old_coaster@old_coaster.yahoo.co.uk>,
   Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 17 Feb 2012, Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> wrote:

> [snip]

> > As an experiment, I formatted a2GB drive in my Windows machine. First
> > FAT32 bit then FAT16. My Unipod in the RiscPC 700 Adjust 4.39
> > recognised them both but the FAT16 opened much more quickly & the
> > dragging files operation was much quicker.

> If the drive is formatted to FAT32, I believe that files written on one
> platform may not be visible on the other.

I tried taking a simple text file both ways ie RISC OS to Windows &
vice-versa & it seemed to work OK

> > Is it possible to format the drives on my RISC PC?

> Try http://oldcoaster.drobe.co.uk/mkdosdisc.zip

Had a look at that. It's a command line job so will have to be careful to
type exactly (or paste & amend). A front, !USB-util, end is mentioned in the
idiots guide but the link gave a "could not resolve host" message in Netsurf.
Still, I shall doggedly persue when I have a bit of time.
Thanks, Tony

-- 
Chris Newman

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Fwd: Formatting USB stick Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-02-15 18:55 +0000
  Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-02-15 19:29 +0000
    Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-02-17 14:12 +0000
      Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-17 14:57 +0000
        Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-02-17 15:34 +0000
          Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-17 16:00 +0000
            Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-02-17 22:53 +0000
        Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-02-17 19:33 +0000
          Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-17 21:39 +0000
            Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-02-17 22:50 +0000
  Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2012-02-15 20:13 +0000
    Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-02-15 23:07 +0000
      Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-02-16 00:13 +0000
      Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick jeff <jeffrey.a.doggett@gmail.com> - 2012-02-15 23:57 -0800
      Re: Fwd: Formatting USB stick Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-02-16 20:20 +0000

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