On 5/4/2014 2:53 PM, Istvan Gabor wrote:
Hello:
I have a usb flash disk with one partition. I have formatted this partition in openSUSE 12.2 using mkfs.vfat. The formatted partition could be mounted in openSUSE and in Windows XP, but my media player could not see the partition (gave error message) and Mac OSX could not mount it either. I have reformatted the partition in the Mac (I can't remember the application's name) and now the disk is usable in my media player along with Mac OSX, openSUSE and Windows.
My question: what is missing in openSUSE mkfs.vfat that the formatted partition is not functional everywhere? How could I make fat32 formatted partition in openSUSE which is usable in my media player and is mountable in Mac OSX?
Thanks,
Istvan
How big was this flash drive? There are (artificial) size limitations that Microsoft started enforcing in Winxp and Forward. Win 2k could read these, but they dropped support for that in later os. These larger devices do work per the spec, but which microsoft won't let you format so as to force you to use a later version of fat, (which is still under patent protection). I think Linux will let you use these larger sizes with fat32, but they may not be readable http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc938432.aspx Since they license this new version to device manufacturers -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org