On Jan 28, 2008 2:37 PM, BartlebyScrivener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I do >sudo fdisk -l > > This is what I get for the USB drive. > > Disk /dev/sda: 62 MB, 62914560 bytes > 2 heads, 63 sectors/track, 975 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 126 * 512 = 64512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 976 61424 6 FAT16 > Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): > phys=(0, 1, 1) logical=(0, 0, 33) > Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: > phys=(1023, 1, 63) logical=(975, 0, 30) > > I tried to format the whole thing with FAT32 by doing: > sudo mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/sda1 > > 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?
Try this: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda # mkfs.vfat /dev/sda -- Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
