Hi Robert: First you have to make sure that YDL sees it. I'm using YDL 6.2, but older versions of YDL should behave similarly. I'll do an example on my system using my portable usb drive as an example:
[agu...@arakus ~]$ su - Password: [r...@arakus ~]# parted /dev/sda GNU Parted 1.8.1 Using /dev/sda Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) print Model: SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 2046MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 2046MB 2046MB primary fat32 boot (parted) quit Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary. [r...@arakus ~]# Of course, you can format the drive with parted. However after you do that you next have to create the filesystem you can do: man mkfs or man mkfs.ext3 to create the linux filesystem after having quit from parted. If you want to stay within parted you can do: [r...@arakus ~]# parted GNU Parted 1.8.1 Using /dev/hda Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) help check NUMBER do a simple check on the file system cp [FROM-DEVICE] FROM-NUMBER TO-NUMBER copy file system to another partition help [COMMAND] prints general help, or help on COMMAND mklabel,mktable LABEL-TYPE create a new disklabel (partition table) mkfs NUMBER FS-TYPE make a FS-TYPE file system on partititon NUMBER mkpart PART-TYPE [FS-TYPE] START END make a partition mkpartfs PART-TYPE FS-TYPE START END make a partition with a file system move NUMBER START END move partition NUMBER name NUMBER NAME name partition NUMBER as NAME print [free|NUMBER|all] display the partition table, a partition, or all devices quit exit program rescue START END rescue a lost partition near START and END resize NUMBER START END resize partition NUMBER and its file system rm NUMBER delete partition NUMBER select DEVICE choose the device to edit set NUMBER FLAG STATE change the FLAG on partition NUMBER toggle [NUMBER [FLAG]] toggle the state of FLAG on partition NUMBER unit UNIT set the default unit to UNIT version displays the current version of GNU Parted and copyright information (parted) quit Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary. [r...@arakus ~]# The command within parted which works to both partition and create a linux filesystem is mkpartfs. Unfortunately, as you see above that is as much information gathered from parted regarding how to use mkpartfs one will find. Obviously, using the man and info pages regarding mkfs.ext3 is more extensive. You could format any drive within OS X or Windows, but neither can create filesystems which Linux will understand. You could install applications which help OS X and Windows do that however, but it is easier to be within Linux and format a drive for either OS X or Windows. A good example is the sandisk drive, which I showed you above. It is accessible from within Linux (including YDL), OS X and Windows. Note that Linux (I'm using Linux and YDL to mean the same thing) sees the sandisk as having an msdos partition table which is formatted as a fat32 filesystem. Hope the above helps. All the best... On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:10:27 -0500 Robert Black <robert.a.bl...@noaa.gov> wrote: > Anybody know how to format a usb drive for use by YDL 6.2? Also, can > this formatting be done on a Mac or a PC? > > Robert A. Black > > Research Meteorologist 4301 Rickenbacker Cswy. > NOAA/AOML/HRD Miami, FL 33149-1026 > > Ph: (305) 361-4314 > FAX: (305) 361-4528 (NEW) > > E-Mail: robert.a.bl...@noaa.gov > (Any opinions expressed are mine alone, not NOAA policy) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com > Unsuscribe info: > http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to > Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' ========= Refranes/Popular sayings: The Taino say:No hay mal que por bien no venga. There is no evil out of which good cannot blossom.
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