On Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 04:49:16PM -0800, cal wrote > > After partitioning (in parted), did you use `mkfs.vfat -F 32 > /dev/<partition ID>` to initialize the FAT32 filesystem on that > partition? > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:Parts/Installation/Disks#Applying_a_filesystem_to_a_partition > > `parted` is only editing the partition table, not the filesystems > applied to those partitions.
I did "mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1" afterwards and parted showed... Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 1049kB 269MB 268MB fat16 EFI boot, esp I had never used the "-F" option before. Anyways, I tried "mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sda1" and parted shows... Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 1049kB 269MB 268MB fat32 EFI boot, esp. So far so good; it was more a scare than a real problem. Thanks for that hint about "-F". -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
