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satimis 03-02-2006 01:41 AM
USB Flash Drive partitioning
 
Hi folks,

I found something funny on formatting USD Flash Drive.

# mkfs.msdos /dev/sda
Code:
mkfs.msdos 2.8 (28 Feb 2001)
mkfs.msdos: Will not try to make filesystem on '/dev/sda'
Failed

I have to partition the Flash Drive and then run;

# mkfs.msdos /dev/sda1
Code:
mkfs.msdos 2.8 (28 Feb 2001)
It worked.

# mkfs.vfat/mkfs -t vfat/etc. the same.

The Drive must be partitioned. It took me an hour to discover it.

Any suggestion? TIA

B.R.
satimis

jomen 03-02-2006 01:48 AM
Quote:
Any suggestion?
About what? This is perfectly normal. You dont put a filesystem to /dev/hda eighter - instead you have 1 or more partitions which then can each have filesystems.
The Flash-Drive is a little harddrive without moving parts.

satimis 03-02-2006 02:22 AM
Hi jomen,

Quote:
About what?
Sorry, I haven't made my question clear. I need to format the whole Flash Drive as vfat/msdos. I did not find a solution.

B.R.
satimis

jomen 03-02-2006 02:47 AM
but that is what you did!
fdisk /dev/sda
or
cfdisk /dev/sda - 1 (one) partition the size of the whole thing - thats what it is already more than likely
mkfs worked - everything is fine - or are there problems?

satimis 03-02-2006 02:56 AM
Hi jomen,

Ran;
# fdisk /dev/sda


# mkfs.msdos /dev/sda1
and
# mkfs -t ext2 /dev/sda2

went through. Neither had complaint.

B.R.
satimis


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