Brent Hasty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A little more information. > So this external usb drive is recognized as /dev/sdb on this system. When I > go into disk drake I toggle to expert mode and select my 76GB partition, then > select type, then select fat 32, then select format, at which point I get an > Error --- dos formatting of sdb5 failed. > > Can fat 32 handle a single partition as large as 76GB? > Is there a smaller size I need to break this partition down into?
i don't know, neither can i test, my test box has a 4GB hd :) > I am also having another minor problem in that when I try to specify the > mount point DiskDrake will not let me type my mount point in. It only allows > me to select from a predefined list of mount points. > > Is there a way to start diskdrake so it will allow you to manually enter in a > mount point? I think I fixed an occurence of this some time ago. It used to allow manually entered mount point only in Expert mode. So just choose "Toggle to expert mode"
