On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 19:34:39 +0900, daid kahl wrote: > > > The stick will be used in MSWindows mainly. > > > > In that case, I'd play safe and format it in Windows.
> Ah booo! You're formatting it anyway, so there's no data to lose, and > I can't imagine you'd break it by trying to format it. Who mentioned data loss? Formatting in Windows reduces the risk of Windows complaining about the format. It may not be standards-compliant, but at least is is consistently broken. I've had cfdisk complain about too many FAT filesystems that apparently work well, so I generally format in the device that will mainly use the filesystem. -- Neil Bothwick An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure, and has a lower TCO, than linux.
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