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| From | Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? |
| Date | 2019-01-07 13:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <xdCcx-7Lq-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <xchtw-7Xa-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <xcuqK-78Q-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <xcxRD-PH-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <xcAwb-2tf-29@gated-at.bofh.it> <xcD0Z-44g-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On Fri, Jan 04, 2019 at 08:05:48PM +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: >I disagree. It misleads the reader into believing that the option >applies only to magneto-optical disks, while it also applies to fixed >disks and, I guess, any other storage device type. That's good to know: I don't think the original text made this point clear either. >IMO, the default behaviour does not make sense and the -I option >should not even exist ; mkfs.fat should accept to create a filesystem >on an entire unpartitioned device of any type by default, just like >other mkfs.* do. Actually I agree with you, this would be a smart change to make. Here's where an interested party should file the request and/or patch for the change, fwiw: https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools (I looked this up because I might do it myself) -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Jonathan Dowland ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://jmtd.net ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ Please do not CC me, I am subscribed to the list.
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Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? conover@rahul.net (John Conover) - 2019-01-03 09:10 +0100
Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2019-01-03 11:40 +0100
Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-01-03 21:10 +0100
Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2019-01-04 11:00 +0100
Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-01-04 14:40 +0100
Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2019-01-04 17:30 +0100
Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-01-04 17:40 +0100
Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-01-05 05:00 +0100
Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-01-04 17:40 +0100
Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-01-04 18:50 +0100
Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-01-04 20:10 +0100
Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-01-05 10:30 +0100
Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-01-05 10:40 +0100
Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-01-05 12:00 +0100
Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2019-01-07 13:30 +0100
typos (was: Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card?) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-01-05 04:20 +0100
Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-01-05 04:20 +0100
Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-01-05 04:40 +0100
Re: Formatting a 32G or 16G SD card? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-01-05 10:10 +0100
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