Michael,
I'm pretty shaky with this myself, but I'll share what I've gleaned so
far:
The tool you will need (on Ubuntu) is GParted. It's part of the default
LiveCD, but seems not to be present on a standard desktop install -- if you
don't have it you'll have to sudo apt-get install gparted in a terminal
shell or use Synaptic to get the package.
Once you run GParted, you'll probably be first shown the partitions on one
of your hard disks. Use the Device menu over to the right of the window to
select your USB drive instead.
You now have two options:
Easiest is to choose the Create Partition Table option from the Device menu
(on the GParted pulldown menus), and follow the prompts. This will remove
any and all data and create your new table.
Alternatively: On the main display, select the existing USB drive partition
(if there is one, which is likely -- probably formatted as FAT32). Then,
making sure the correct partition is now highlighted, press the Delete
option button on GParted's main toolbar. Now (the drive table will be marked
as Unallocated) you can press the New toolbar button and create your new
partition table. Finally, press the Apply button to effect these changes.
best of luck,
Andre.
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Snoopstaa [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
DarrenS,
Could you advise how to create a partition table on a usb key?
I'm moving over from Vista, cause its giving me the shits, so I'm new to
Ubuntu.
Steps in either Windows or Ubuntu would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Michael
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