Trying to format a USB to FAT16 on Moblin or Ubuntu NBR
Why? FAT16 apparently needed while following this tutorial on creating a Parted Magic LiveUSB http://partedmagic.com/documentation/130-creating-the-liveusb.html
2 Answers
sudo mkfs.vfat -F 16 <device>
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on moblin: i get command not found. fdisk also command not found.– inaCommented Aug 10, 2010 at 5:59
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on ubuntu 10 nbr i can't easily reference the device - is there a way to list where the usb is?– inaCommented Aug 10, 2010 at 7:51
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You should probably be formatting the partition, the the whole thing. After plugging in your USB device and waiting for it to settle, unmount it and then type
dmesg. The last lines should show you the partition (ie/dev/sdb1) which was mounted. Format that as root.– BorealidCommented Aug 10, 2010 at 13:34
It looks like Ubuntu NBR and Moblin don't have unmount commands with their visual Mac-like interfaces...
- Ubuntu Netbook Remiz 10 - System > Admin > Disk Utility. Click unmount. Click Format Drive.
- do the mkfs suggested above.
sudo mkdosfs -I /dev/sdb
unmount