[SOLVED] Trying to format Pen drive to ext 3

Tony_photoplus · 01-22-2011, 03:29 PM

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

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...