Daniel Baumann wrote:
Javier Barroso wrote:
> Hi,
> Hi,
> In 3.3.3. Using the space left on a USB stick [1] tells about
>
> # mkfs.ext2 ${USBSTICK}
>
> It would be better tells something like:
>
> # mkfs.ext2 ${USBSTICK}2
> i don't think it is a typo, in 3.3.1, it says:
> "[...] and type:
> $ dd if=binary.img of=${USBSTICK}
> where ${USBSTICK} is the device file of your key, like /dev/sda (not a
> partition like /dev/sda1!); you can find the right device name by
> looking in dmesg's output after plugging the stick, for example)."
> however, given that quote above, do you have a better suggestion?
After re-reading again 3.3.3 section, I think this is a typo.
I would replace:
"
If you want to use the remaining free space after you have installed the
|binary.img|, you can use a partitioning tool such as gparted or parted
to create a new partition on the stick. The first partition will be used
by the Debian Live system.
# gparted ${USBSTICK}
After the creation of the partition you have to create a filsystem on
it. One possible choice would be ext2 (ext3 isn't recommended because
the journaling causes too much writes to the stick).
# mkfs.ext2 ${USBSTICK}
"
with:
"
If you want to use the remaining free space after you have installed the
|binary.img|, you can use a partitioning tool such as gparted or parted
to create a new partition (named for example ${USBSTICK_PART}) on the
stick. The first partition will be used by the Debian Live system.
# gparted ${USBSTICK}
After the creation of the partition you have to create a filsystem on
it. One possible choice would be ext2 (ext3 isn't recommended because
the journaling causes too much writes to the stick).
# mkfs.ext2 ${USBSTICK_PART}
"
consistently using ${USBSTICK}2 doesn't seem to be better to me.
Ok, It is not the best way.
In my case I used:
# partx /dev/sdb
# cfdisk /dev/sdb --> create new /dev/sdb2
# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb2
(Sure, I could lost (if the system take the disk like a partition) my data if I
exec "mkfs.ext2 /dev/sdb")
Thank you,
PD: If I'm wrong, sorry for your lost time
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Javier Barroso
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