From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mw1NR-0003QI-EI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:22:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C357CE0884; Thu, 8 Oct 2009 22:22:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f174.google.com (mail-yx0-f174.google.com [209.85.210.174]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6121E0884 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 2009 22:22:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe4 with SMTP id 4so6189979yxe.32 for ; Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:22:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=WQRo/67FMRN98S/GgWdeQvGhnqZYMhEqaA+TrdGYPnk=; b=qOqluoDXnzzjQ7NIVx0kf8oGL6r+UnEGzP+txzgLnOD8iVmDVYMbf9UchTGm37sR92 zNDHTI389FYB4yvTUPiFAl0PIbAQwSOiLpzmYt5I5kz0vz2cIQpHhvxhtYMckt30IrlA F4j+nvOxZ7XnMAPVBZ2C9CFUCzXDAg7kCm2eM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=PgwaN/iM4z3gJphd66kjYPMrv7dXvbx+3Hq3AsL/Q+Qv2TuSaPo84hKTtWDi/ncZsy 1D2SQnik+ZAeT/y/GFtZCE31iuA2WgdFOSO/Y1m/M8lKdRN5S/wne/ktJD4tGBsV87lX xMd0hep1dgnL50FJ6tqzUPTAj3OUJ+1EzkaQE= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.150.242.2 with SMTP id p2mr3261195ybh.217.1255040543328; Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:22:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200910082323.05541.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> References: <200910072330.36480.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <200910082225.31660.Warp_7@gmx.de> <58965d8a0910081410h7bea965bj90c60ea82407bfe7@mail.gmail.com> <200910082323.05541.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 17:22:23 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: dc89e8c3d962ea5e Message-ID: <58965d8a0910081522q7cfceb42u82bbc90e678fb5cd@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Formating a USB stick From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 0bb4f4c7-e299-436f-b354-18c85731bfcd X-Archives-Hash: dcd00ede0e8e807a09ee691cac5efbb5 On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Donnerstag 08 Oktober 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: >> > Am Donnerstag, 8. Oktober 2009 schrieb Mick: >> >> What's the best way to reformat a USB stick? It currently shows this in >> > >> > I remember from SD cards that formatting them with Linux often was to no >> > avail - Windows wouldn't recognise them, neither with the fs on the >> > device itself, nor with a partition for the fs. >> > So in the end I formatted them in Windows, and all was fine. :-/ >> >> With SD cards, often times there are no partitions. So if you create >> proper partitions sometimes it won't read in other devices/computers. >> (in linux terms that means you would format /dev/sda not /dev/sda1) >> > > I have seen a lot of sd cards - anmd they all had a 'real' table with one > partition - sdX1. > > Except for cards that were removed from devices without shutdown/unmounting > first. In that case linux was not able to find a valid partition table. Could be I am getting confused in my old age. :) I have RS-MMC card that I use with an SD adapter, and that has no partition, so maybe that's what I'm thinking about. In general I try to format my cards on the device I plan to use them with the most. So if it's mostly used in Windows, format it in Windows, if it's used in my phone, or my camera, format in that device.