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Tony_photoplus 01-22-2011 03:29 PM
Trying to format Pen drive to ext 3
 
I have a Foxsat receiver/recorder. It allows me to take of programs to a pen drive up to 4GB. Well actually that is pretty useless when a film comes along. I was told to make my pen drive into an ext3 from a Linux OS. I have now OpenSuse 64bit. HOw can I format my pen drive and make it into an EXT3

Thanks
Tony

Nylex 01-23-2011 08:26 AM
Did you actually manage to do this, or did you mark your thread as solved by accident?

rich_c 01-23-2011 09:22 AM
I thought journalled filesystems weren't a good idea on pen drives due to excessive wear...

JZL240I-U 01-24-2011 06:39 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by rich_c (Post 4234928)
I thought journalled filesystems weren't a good idea on pen drives due to excessive wear...
Right.

For the deed itself just issue a "mk2fs" with the appropriate options and parameters (after a "man mk2fs ;)). I'd suggest you stick to ext2...


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