On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 08:16:03 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
Hi,
I just acquired a 1GB Lexar JumpDrive Sport and it came pre-formatted with a FAT-16 file system (gack!):
% file -s /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdc1: x86 boot sector, code offset 0x3c, OEM-ID "MSWIN4.1", sectors/cluster 32, root entries 512, Media descriptor 0xf8, sectors/FAT 248, hiddensectors 32, sectors 2030560 (volumes > 32 MB) , serial number 0x0, unlabeled, FAT (16 bit)
How might I go about putting a more rational file system on that device, given them my system accesses it via the whole subfs / automount business (which I really don't understand at all).
I have not had any luck coming up with a fruitful Google search on this topic.
A related question is what would be a good choice of file system for such a device? I use XFS on my hard drives, but my intuition says that this isn't necessarily the best choice for a device that I'll use to shuttle files between home and work.
Thanks in advance for any information and suggestions anyone can offer.
Randall Schulz
I would think you can just unmount it, then re-format it. If you need windows compatibility, I would stick with FAT, but maybe FAT32. umount /dev/sda1 mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/sda1 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt # Just as a quick test If all you need is Linux support, I guess ext2 would be the best choice. Journaling would not make since, at least not with SUSE 9.2 because it mounts with the SYNC option that defeats the whole purpose of a jorunal. Greg -- Greg Freemyer