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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Formating a USB stick
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> > 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.

Try it in Linux first and let us know how it goes.  I never formatted
a USB stick before, and it might be neat.

You can always point-and-click to format it in Windows I'm sure.

Regards,
daid