* Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
