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Re: Most compatible way to prepare USB stick

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On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 6:11 PM, Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello the list!
>
> I have gotten myself all turned around and confused on this supposedly
> simple topic, so I'm hoping for a little bit of advice.
>
> I have a USB stick I have previously used as a boot medium for Debian
> installers and live systems. Now I want to wipe it and repurpose it to
> being a generic place to store data for portability between systems. The
> key criterion is that it should be maximally compatible -- I want to be
> able to read and ideally write the stick on Debian, OSX for Mac users
> and Windows (7 and later).
>
> It's a 4GB stick and I am thinking of using all the space in a single
> partition.
>
> Can someone tell me what partition type I should select in cfdisk (or
> what better tool I should use to partition) and what command I should
> use to create a file system on the stick using my Jessie box, that I can
> then write some files to the stick from the Jessie box and expect my
> friend's MacBook to be able to read them? (text files, so if it can read
> the file system we are golden).
>
> I have tried in the past to format USB sticks using Jessie (although
> unfortunately I am coming up blank on the commands I used, it was a
> while ago) and have often found that Mac users get nowhere with the
> result. They plug the stick in and I believe the Mac just doesn't
> acknowledge it is even there (although I haven't witnessed exactly what
> happens, as I don't own a Mac myself, but more than one person has
> chucked a stick back at me saying it was no good [different sticks, so
> the issue is the preparation method not the stick itself])
>
> Thanks and sorry for the simple question! Google didn't turn up much on
> this as most sticks come ready to use and there is less to be said about
> "re-formatting" a stick after it's had an image written to it...
>
> Mark
>
>
fdisk cfdisk parted, all works... Does not matter what you creat as long as
you just make the partitions the sizes you want.
https://www.google.no/search?q=mkfs
dd if=/dev/null of=device of usbdisk if f*** doesn't wanna play nice.
I like to use exfat for my memory sticks. We have a work environment witch
includes mac linuxes and windows.

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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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