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It's ready to use under Win98 and above. YOU DONT need to reformat. Also any <BR>
speed increase you might expect to see after reformating under ext2 wont be there. <BR>
USB isn't that fast, nor do they have the large onboard cache that harddisk do.<BR>
<BR>
The only issue you might see is the ownership one. Window's disk format does<BR>
not recognize file ownership. So who ever mount's it owns it. Dismount, mount as<BR>
a different user and that user will 'own' the files.<BR>
<BR>
Onto mounting.<BR>
command prompt:<BR>
if a mount point does not exist ... make one<BR>
mkdir /mnt/flash<BR>
<BR>
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash # root owns this<BR>
<BR>
or add an entry in your /etc/fstab file:<BR>
/dev/sda1 /mnt/flash auto pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0<BR>
<BR>
if the hotplug utility worked correctly, then the person on the X-Window Console will<BR>
own the device /dev/sda1. They a user can mount the device, either through the gui<BR>
or in a command window (like above).<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Good luck and Merry Christmas<BR>
<BR>
Steven<BR>
<BR>
On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 12:38 +0000, SK Sharma wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Friends,</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Dunno if this is an appropriate questionon this mail list....I want </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> help to use a PenDrive on ALL linux flavors (if possible on OpenSolaris & </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> WinXX too ?)</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> A friend donated a UNknown format 1GB USB Pendrive and </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> my RH9 Hardware browser detects as a HDD & lists as follows:</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> ============================================================</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> Drive /dev/sda (Geom: 1022/33/61)(Model: Generic Flash Disk)</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> /dev/sda</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> 1 1 < 1 Free space</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> sda1 1 1023 1005 fat32 </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> ============================================================</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> How should I interpret the above information,I presume ! that </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> this is formatted as FAT32, which can be used on Windows.</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> This is enquiring How can I REformat (if required) so that</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> I can use this flash drive on WinXX & Linux file formats as </FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> well - please provide step-by-stpe instructions for a novice.</FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> thankyou,</FONT><BR>
<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"> SKN8700//</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> 18,Dec-</FONT><BR>
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