On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, tong changda wrote: > Hi, > Build Mass-storage based on pxa271, Now I want to format DOC as fat32 > filesystem.
What is DOC? > First I run fdisk on Mobile on /dev/tffsa , What is Mobile? > add a new partition, > change filesystem type as 0xb(fat32) then write, Now I could mount vfat on > mobile How could you mount a vfat filesystem without creating one (mkdosfs) first? > and read/write file on it, but connect with windows , No disk drive > appear. The only way to appear a disk driver is first mkdosfs -F 32 > /dev/tffsa, then fdisk it. No. If you use fdisk, it must be done before using mkdosfs. > But choose the disk driver indicate that it need > to be format, That's because you ran fdisk _after_ mkdosfs instead of _before_. > But format result in "Disk is write-protect". > What is the requirement of the dos image to work as mass-storage media? The requirement is that the media not be write-protected. > What is the correct way to format it? Do I need mkdosfs? Yes. Use fdisk to create one partition, then use mkdosfs to format that partition. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
