Re: debian format usb drive that a Mac likes

2020-02-06 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 5/2/20 3:11 am, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > If one is on a debian system and formatting a usb drive > that will be recognized by a Mac, I know that xfs is usually > a good choice for the file system but what type of partition > are we supposed to use to enclose that xfs file system? I know fr

Re: debian format usb drive that a Mac likes

2020-02-04 Thread Charlie Gibbs
On Tue, 04 Feb 2020 08:48:54 -0600, "Martin McCormick" marti...@suddenlink.net> wrote: > If one is on a debian system and formatting a usb drive > that will be recognized by a Mac, I know that xfs is usually > a good choice for the file system but what type of partition > are we supposed to use t

Re: debian format usb drive that a Mac likes

2020-02-04 Thread Felix Miata
Martin McCormick composed on 2020-02-04 15:48 (UTC+0100): > If one is on a debian system and formatting a usb drive > that will be recognized by a Mac, I know that xfs is usually a > good choice for the file system but > what type of partition are we supposed to use to enclose that xfs > fil

Re: debian format usb drive that a Mac likes

2020-02-04 Thread Felix Miata
Martin McCormick composed on 2020-02-04 09:48 (UTC-0500): > If one is on a debian system and formatting a usb drive > that will be recognized by a Mac, I know that xfs is usually a > good choice for the file system but > what type of partition are we supposed to use to enclose that xfs > fil

Re: debian format usb drive that a Mac likes

2020-02-04 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 2/4/20 3:48 PM, Martin McCormick wrote: If one is on a debian system and formatting a usb drive that will be recognized by a Mac, I know that xfs is usually a good choice for the file system but what type of partition are we supposed to use to enclose that xfs file system? I k

debian format usb drive that a Mac likes

2020-02-04 Thread Martin McCormick
If one is on a debian system and formatting a usb drive that will be recognized by a Mac, I know that xfs is usually a good choice for the file system but what type of partition are we supposed to use to enclose that xfs file system? I know if you plug a linux thumb drive in to a M

Re: Can not format USB drive

2013-09-22 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
> Therefore I am starting to belive that stick can be broken after all :) > Nevertheless I will wait for some time expecting that somebody had > experienced something similar and can give me some other advice than to > throw away that stick. > > Martin > Bye Hi! Did you try "testdisk"? Nice tool

Re: Can not format USB drive

2013-09-22 Thread Martin
On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 07:48:27AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ hdparm --help > > -r Get/set device readonly flag (DANGEROUS to set) > > I suspect that the USB stick can't be "repaired" anymore. I was hoping not to get this diagnose :( But thank you anyway. You mig

Re: Can not format USB drive

2013-09-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
PS: > As root run > > hdparm -r0 /dev/sd? > > where ? is for a, b, c ... z, IOW the number of your USB stick. ^^ ^^^ :D > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ hdparm --help > -r Get/set device readonly flag (DANGEROUS to set) I suspect that the USB stick can't

Re: Can not format USB drive

2013-09-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-09-21 at 23:11 +0200, twpim-...@yahoo.com.au wrote: > - on Windows box original folders are not visiable only newly created > executable files are showed with icon as folders and without .exe extension It's normal for default settings, that Windows doesn't show extensions. > Maybe

Re: Can not format USB drive

2013-09-21 Thread Josef Bailey
On 09/21, twpim-...@yahoo.com.au wrote: > Hello, > > So for now I can not use that USB stick for anything. > > Can you give me any advice how to repair that disc? > > Thanks > Martin > > Hello Martin You should download gparted and burn it to disc then boot it (Gparted) http://gparted.source

Can not format USB drive

2013-09-21 Thread twpim-www
Hello, I have a small USB disc (16G) that worked perfectly until now. Now I am unable to perform any changes to this disc. No creating new diroctories/files, no deleting, no formating ... It has only one partition which formated as vfat filesystem. Apparently it got some virus from Windows when it

Re: format usb drive

2008-01-29 Thread Paul Csanyi
2008/1/29, Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * 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 > > > Windo

Re: format usb drive

2008-01-29 Thread Russell L. Harris
* 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 m

Re: format usb drive

2008-01-29 Thread Magnus Therning
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

Re: format usb drive

2008-01-28 Thread BartlebyScrivener
On Jan 28, 5:00 pm, BartlebyScrivener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > Wind

Re: format usb drive

2008-01-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 02:37:32PM -0800, 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? On my USB stick (Kingston 4 GB), I just used cfdisk. Removed any exi

Re: format usb drive

2008-01-28 Thread Paul Johnson
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

format usb drive

2008-01-28 Thread BartlebyScrivener
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 * 1 976 614