Re: Warehouse Stationary Printers and USB Sticks

On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 03:41:37PM +1300, worik wrote:
> On 09/12/15 16:26, worik wrote:
> > I do not think reliability and number of files per node is the issue.
> >
> > The issue is compatibility.  I used NTFS as I thought that would be
> > compatible with windows...  Sigh.  We will see how vfat goes
> Well
> 
> sudo mkfs.vfat -c -n MYSTICK -v -I /dev/sdc
> 
> did not work.  It formatted the stick, I can read it, but atthe
> Warehouse it did not reject the stick, just sat spinning wheels.
> 
> Dropping the -I parameter gets me to:
> 
> $ sudo mkfs.vfat -c -n MYSTICK -v  /dev/sdb
> mkfs.fat 3.0.26 (2014-03-07)
> mkfs.vfat: Device partition expected, not making filesystem on entire
> device '/dev/sdb' (use -I to override)
> 
> (Incidentally is there any way to predict where a stick will mount?  I
> have to mount it with Nautalis then use the mount command then unmount
> it.  Crazy)
> 
> 
> Using gparted I tried to create two partitions but it would not let me,
> long booring story.  I am a bit stuck....

Hi Worik,

What you probably want to do is create a partition table containing one
single primary partition covering the whole device, set to "W95 LBA"
type.

Then do:

    mkfs.vfat /dev/sdc1

Assuming, of course, that the partition appears as sdc1.

Cheers,
Daniel

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