Re: format usb drive

* Magnus Therning <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [080129 03:07]:
BartlebyScrivener wrote:
[..]
Can someone please tell me what command to use to elmininate any
partitions on the usb drive and format it for moving files between
Windows XP and Linux?

My experience is that Windows is a lot more particular about USB keys
than Linux is. My suggestion would be to use your Windows box to format
the USB key to make sure it's readable by both systems.


I have experienced no difficulty with W2000 after using fdisk to
rewrite the partitions and then mkfs.vfat to create the file system.
Look over the pertinent man pages.

On occasion I have experienced difficulty partitioning USB flash
sticks with either cfdisk or fdisk, but one or the other always has
worked.

If all else fails, you can let Window$ do it's (black) magic on the
device.

RLH


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