Juraj Ziegler wrote: > Colin Cotter wrote: >> Is the consensus that I need to reformat the stick then? I'm a bit >> nervous about this because of the "paperweight" rumours, also this >> seems like a strange solution as the stick works fine with Windows, >> also it worked on my colleague's RedHat machine. It is a fairly >> standard USB memory stick as far as I can see... > > Have not read the whole thread in detail, but I just can't imagine, why > creating a new filesystem (the correct phrase for reformating :) on a
No, it isn't the correct phrase. Creating a file system reformats a partition. Creating a new partition table reformats an entire drive. I agree that mkfs shouldn't be a problem. In my case, I was actually trying to figure out how to get grub onto it - which screwed up the MBR (or whatever passes for an MBR on a singly partitioned USB stick). After that I couldn't manage to get a usable (under both Windows & Linux) filesystem onto it until I ran the HP utility. -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
