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| From | Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick |
| Date | 2016-10-20 23:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <susBx-49j-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <suoet-1uW-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
> 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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Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-10-20 18:20 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Børge Holen <holen.borge@gmail.com> - 2016-10-20 18:40 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-10-20 19:00 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-10-20 19:30 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-10-20 20:10 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-10-20 20:50 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-10-20 21:10 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-10-20 21:30 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-10-20 21:50 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-10-20 23:10 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-10-21 00:30 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-10-20 23:20 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Mr Smiley <mr_smiley_home@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-21 00:40 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-10-21 10:40 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-10-21 11:00 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick tomas@tuxteam.de - 2016-10-21 11:10 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-10-20 20:10 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-10-20 19:20 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-10-20 23:00 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Børge Holen <holen.borge@gmail.com> - 2016-10-21 00:50 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-10-21 15:30 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-10-21 15:50 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick rlharris@oplink.net - 2016-10-21 17:30 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-10-21 21:10 +0200
Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-10-22 10:50 +0200
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