Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> I used `parted', and the pendrive filesystem seems to be >> recovered now. I inserted the pendrive into the usb port, and: >> >> # parted >> >> [...] >> >> Disk geometry for /dev/sda: 0.000-241.500 megabytes >> Disk label type: msdos >> Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags >> 1 0.016 241.250 primary fat16 boot >> (parted) rm 1 >> (parted) p >> Disk geometry for /dev/sda: 0.000-241.500 megabytes >> Disk label type: msdos >> Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags >> (parted) mkpartfs primary fat16 0.000 241.500 >> (parted) p >> Disk geometry for /dev/sda: 0.000-241.500 megabytes >> Disk label type: msdos >> Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags >> 1 0.031 235.327 primary fat16
Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Looks fine to me, except that FAT32 would be more preferable than FAT16. > I think that FAT16 is less efficient; there are probably other > disadvantages too. I used fat16 simply because `parted' detected a fat16 partition in the pendrive, and I wanted to restore the previous pendrive status. Thanks, cheers, Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
