Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Lu, 06 sep 10, 09:25:25, Merciadri Luca wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I sometimes use gparted to make a filesystem in an easier way than using >> CLI. The fact is that gparted appears, to me, as a frontend for CLI >> commands. I want to format an USB key, and change the filesystem to >> fat32, or ntfs. It is currently under ext3. I unmount it, delete the FS, >> and manage to create a new partition. But `fat32' and `ntfs' are >> impossible choices when creating the new FS. (They are deactivated.) >> >> Why? >> > > You are probably missing the packages dosfstools and ntfsprogs. They are > both 'Suggested' by gparted, but not 'Recommended' because most > GNU/Linux users should not need them. > Exactly. It installs, among others, mkntfs. Well, I don't fiddle anymore with Microsoft stuff, but someone needs to share pictures with me, and, obviously, he's not a GNU/linux user.
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