"baul tan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all > > I want to format my external U disc to FAT32,but the cmd 'mkfs -t vfat -F 32 > /dev/sda' does not work,as follow: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.20.6]# mkfs -t vfat -F 32 /dev/sda > mkfs.vfat 2.11 (12 Mar 2005) > mkfs.vfat: Will not try to make filesystem on full-disk device '/dev/sda' > (use -I if wanted) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.20.6]# > > when I added the option -I ,seems OK. as follow: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.20.6]# mkfs -t vfat -F 32 -I /dev/sda > mkfs.vfat 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)
Try using mkfs.vfat directly. And read its man page. Regards, David _______________________________________________ parted-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/parted-devel
